TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
New Orleans Saints 2025 vs Cincinnati Bengals 2016
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 New Orleans Saints 2025 minus Cincinnati Bengals 2016
| Metric | NO | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,061 | — | 1,039 |
| Pass rate | 63.1% | +3.1% | 60.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 76.4% | +21.9% | 54.6% |
| Explosive rate | 10.0% | −0.9% | 10.9% |
| Success rate | 42.0% | −2.6% | 44.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 74.6% | +1.9% | 72.8% |
| 12 personnel | 16.5% | −5.4% | 21.8% |
| 13 personnel | 3.6% | −1.4% | 5.0% |
| 02 personnel | 1.1% | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| 03 personnel | 1.9% | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| Other personnel | 2.2% | +1.8% | 0.4% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |
Cincinnati Bengals · 2016
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 519 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 143 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 92 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 70 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 48 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 46 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 27 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 21 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 18 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 12 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 8 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 6 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 1 |
| Other → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 448 |
| Singleback → Run | 164 |
| Shotgun → Run | 119 |
| I_Form → Run | 95 |
| Singleback → Pass | 71 |
| Empty → Pass | 56 |
| Pistol → Pass | 21 |
| I_Form → Pass | 20 |
| Jumbo → Run | 19 |
| Pistol → Run | 13 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 2 |
| Unknown → Run | 2 |
| Empty → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 322 |
| Run → Failure | 253 |
| Pass → Success | 219 |
| Run → Success | 132 |
| Pass → Explosive | 83 |
| Run → Explosive | 30 |