TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 vs Cleveland Browns 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 Cleveland Browns 2021
| Metric | PIT | Shift | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,030 | — | 1,039 |
| Pass rate | 61.2% | +3.7% | 57.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 65.6% | +28.1% | 37.5% |
| Explosive rate | 11.8% | −2.9% | 14.7% |
| Success rate | 43.1% | −0.7% | 43.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 50.4% | +5.7% | 44.7% |
| 12 personnel | 32.4% | +11.2% | 21.3% |
| 21 personnel | 2.3% | −8.7% | 11.1% |
| 13 personnel | 12.8% | −4.8% | 17.6% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.3% | 3.3% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Other personnel | 1.7% | +1.1% | 0.7% |
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 |
Cleveland Browns · 2021
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 296 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 135 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 118 |
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 93 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 65 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 45 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 41 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 34 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 32 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 32 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 32 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 27 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 21 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 6 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 6 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 5 |
| 23 personnel → I_Form | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 5 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 4 |
| 22 personnel → Singleback | 4 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 21 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Singleback | 1 |
| Other → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Singleback | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 297 |
| Singleback → Run | 264 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| Singleback → Pass | 120 |
| Shotgun → Run | 93 |
| I_Form → Run | 70 |
| I_Form → Pass | 37 |
| Jumbo → Run | 13 |
| Other → Pass | 5 |
| Unknown → Pass | 5 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 4 |
| Other → Run | 1 |
| Unknown → Run | 1 |
| Pass → Failure | 334 |
| Run → Failure | 250 |
| Pass → Success | 185 |
| Run → Success | 117 |
| Pass → Explosive | 78 |
| Run → Explosive | 75 |