TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Kansas City Chiefs 2021 vs Cincinnati Bengals 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 Kansas City Chiefs 2021 minus Cincinnati Bengals 2025
| Metric | KC | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,319 | — | 1,044 |
| Pass rate | 67.9% | +2.1% | 65.8% |
| Shotgun rate | 69.8% | −9.9% | 79.7% |
| Explosive rate | 12.7% | +0.9% | 11.9% |
| Success rate | 51.6% | +6.1% | 45.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 67.9% | +2.7% | 65.2% |
| 12 personnel | 20.0% | −10.3% | 30.3% |
| 21 personnel | 4.9% | +3.0% | 1.9% |
| 13 personnel | 5.3% | +5.3% | 0.0% |
| 22 personnel | 1.3% | +1.3% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 0.5% | −2.1% | 2.6% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Kansas City Chiefs · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 705 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 195 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 106 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 61 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 53 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 48 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 40 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 19 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 16 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 15 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 9 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| Other → Shotgun | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 22 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Jumbo | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 670 |
| Shotgun → Run | 251 |
| Empty → Pass | 110 |
| Singleback → Run | 110 |
| Singleback → Pass | 70 |
| I_Form → Run | 33 |
| I_Form → Pass | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Jumbo → Run | 11 |
| Other → Run | 9 |
| Unknown → Pass | 7 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 5 |
| Pistol → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Run | 4 |
| Other → Pass | 3 |
| Pass → Failure | 416 |
| Pass → Success | 354 |
| Run → Failure | 223 |
| Run → Success | 158 |
| Pass → Explosive | 126 |
| Run → Explosive | 42 |
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 |