TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 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 Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 minus Cincinnati Bengals 2016
| Metric | PIT | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,030 | — | 1,039 |
| Pass rate | 61.2% | +1.1% | 60.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.6% | +11.1% | 54.6% |
| Explosive rate | 11.8% | +1.0% | 10.9% |
| Success rate | 43.1% | −1.6% | 44.7% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.4% | −22.4% | 72.8% |
| 12 personnel | 32.4% | +10.6% | 21.8% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | +2.3% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 12.8% | +7.8% | 5.0% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +1.4% | 0.4% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025
| 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 |
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 |