TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 vs Cincinnati Bengals 2021
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 2021
| Metric | PIT | Shift | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,030 | — | 1,280 |
| Pass rate | 61.2% | −0.8% | 62.0% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.6% | +16.6% | 49.1% |
| Explosive rate | 11.8% | −2.3% | 14.1% |
| Success rate | 43.1% | −0.4% | 43.5% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.4% | −27.5% | 77.9% |
| 12 personnel | 32.4% | +13.8% | 18.6% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | +2.3% | 0.0% |
| 13 personnel | 12.8% | +11.0% | 1.8% |
| 10 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +1.3% | 0.5% |
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 · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 602 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 214 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 182 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 154 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 18 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 18 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 16 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 10 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 9 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 7 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 7 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 4 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Jumbo | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 501 |
| Singleback → Run | 319 |
| Empty → Pass | 179 |
| Shotgun → Run | 127 |
| Singleback → Pass | 87 |
| I_Form → Run | 29 |
| I_Form → Pass | 8 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 6 |
| Jumbo → Run | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 4 |
| Empty → Run | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 419 |
| Run → Failure | 304 |
| Pass → Success | 242 |
| Run → Success | 134 |
| Pass → Explosive | 132 |
| Run → Explosive | 49 |