TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 2024
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Cincinnati Bengals 2025 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2024
| Metric | CIN | Shift | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,108 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +9.8% | 56.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +26.6% | 53.1% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −0.8% | 12.6% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +5.1% | 40.4% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | +11.9% | 53.3% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +3.4% | 26.9% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −1.0% | 2.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −15.8% | 15.8% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +1.6% | 1.0% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cincinnati Bengals · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 600 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 200 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 100 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 68 |
| Other → Shotgun | 23 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Under Center | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 624 |
| Shotgun → Run | 208 |
| Under Center → Run | 132 |
| Under Center → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Pass → Failure | 374 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Failure | 195 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 34 |
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2024
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 426 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 174 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 146 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 116 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 106 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 49 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 23 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 18 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 5 |
| Other → Under Center | 5 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| 13 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 483 |
| Under Center → Run | 320 |
| Under Center → Pass | 126 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 63 |
| Pistol → Pass | 10 |
| Unknown → Pass | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 355 |
| Run → Failure | 305 |
| Pass → Success | 178 |
| Run → Success | 130 |
| Pass → Explosive | 87 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |