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Cincinnati Bengals 2023 vs San Francisco 49ers 2025
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 2023 minus San Francisco 49ers 2025
| Metric | CIN | Shift | SF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,031 | — | 1,175 |
| Pass rate | 67.3% | +7.9% | 59.4% |
| Shotgun rate | 84.2% | +31.8% | 52.4% |
| Explosive rate | 10.7% | −0.8% | 11.5% |
| Success rate | 43.9% | −3.7% | 47.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 73.5% | +30.0% | 43.5% |
| 12 personnel | 15.6% | +4.9% | 10.7% |
| 21 personnel | 0.0% | −37.3% | 37.3% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −7.6% | 7.6% |
| 10 personnel | 1.7% | +1.7% | 0.0% |
| 01 personnel | 1.6% | +1.6% | 0.0% |
| 02 personnel | 5.8% | +5.8% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.6% | +0.7% | 0.9% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cincinnati Bengals · 2023
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 700 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 85 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 69 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 60 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 51 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| 01 personnel → Shotgun | 17 |
| Other → Under Center | 10 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 4 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Pistol | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 648 |
| Shotgun → Run | 220 |
| Under Center → Run | 102 |
| Under Center → Pass | 44 |
| Pistol → Run | 11 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Pistol → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Pass → Success | 250 |
| Run → Failure | 211 |
| Run → Success | 93 |
| Pass → Explosive | 77 |
| Run → Explosive | 33 |
San Francisco 49ers · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 395 |
|---|---|
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 260 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 164 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 108 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 88 |
| 22 personnel → Under Center | 67 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 35 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 20 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Under Center | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 511 |
| Under Center → Run | 354 |
| Under Center → Pass | 178 |
| Shotgun → Run | 105 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 9 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 337 |
| Run → Failure | 278 |
| Pass → Success | 263 |
| Run → Success | 162 |
| Pass → Explosive | 98 |
| Run → Explosive | 37 |