TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE

Cleveland Browns 2017 vs Pittsburgh Steelers 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.

CLE season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

PIT season2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

AARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

BARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

Play-calling ledger · the shift is Cleveland Browns 2017 minus Pittsburgh Steelers 2025

Metric	CLE	Shift	PIT
Plays	1,004	—	1,030
Pass rate	67.0%	+5.9%	61.2%
Shotgun rate	66.0%	+0.4%	65.6%
Explosive rate	12.5%	+0.7%	11.8%
Success rate	37.3%	−5.9%	43.1%
Personnel groupings
11 personnel	63.7%	+13.4%	50.4%
12 personnel	12.5%	−19.9%	32.4%
21 personnel	15.8%	+13.5%	2.3%
13 personnel	3.4%	−9.4%	12.8%
22 personnel	3.2%	+3.2%	0.0%
23 personnel	1.2%	+1.2%	0.0%
Other personnel	0.1%	−1.6%	1.7%

Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.

Cleveland Browns · 2017

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	531
21 personnel → I_Form	83
11 personnel → Singleback	62
21 personnel → Shotgun	61
12 personnel → Shotgun	58
12 personnel → Singleback	56
11 personnel → Empty	28
22 personnel → I_Form	28
13 personnel → Singleback	17
13 personnel → Shotgun	12
23 personnel → Jumbo	12
11 personnel → Unknown	9
21 personnel → Pistol	7
11 personnel → Pistol	6
12 personnel → I_Form	5
13 personnel → Empty	4
21 personnel → Empty	3
21 personnel → Singleback	3
11 personnel → I_Form	2
11 personnel → Other	2
12 personnel → Empty	2
12 personnel → Jumbo	2
12 personnel → Unknown	2
22 personnel → Singleback	2
12 personnel → Pistol	1
13 personnel → I_Form	1
21 personnel → Jumbo	1
21 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Other	1
22 personnel → Pistol	1
Other → Shotgun	1
Shotgun → Pass	525
Shotgun → Run	138
Singleback → Run	85
I_Form → Run	82
Singleback → Pass	55
I_Form → Pass	37
Empty → Pass	33
Jumbo → Run	11
Unknown → Pass	9
Pistol → Pass	8
Pistol → Run	7
Empty → Run	4
Jumbo → Pass	4
Other → Pass	2
Other → Run	2
Unknown → Run	2
Pass → Failure	430
Run → Failure	200
Pass → Success	156
Run → Success	92
Pass → Explosive	87
Run → Explosive	39

Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025

Play flows between adjacent stages (source, target, play count)
11 personnel → Shotgun	391
12 personnel → Shotgun	192
12 personnel → Under Center	136
11 personnel → Under Center	124
13 personnel → Under Center	67
13 personnel → Shotgun	61
21 personnel → Shotgun	22
Other → Shotgun	10
12 personnel → Pistol	6
Other → Under Center	6
11 personnel → Pistol	4
13 personnel → Pistol	4
Unknown → Under Center	3
Other → Pistol	2
21 personnel → Pistol	1
21 personnel → Under Center	1
Shotgun → Pass	524
Under Center → Run	237
Shotgun → Run	152
Under Center → Pass	100
Pistol → Run	11
Pistol → Pass	6
Pass → Failure	363
Run → Failure	223
Pass → Success	189
Run → Success	133
Pass → Explosive	78
Run → Explosive	44