The 2025 Bengals Rosters Thread: Coaches & Players

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

Well, that did not take long!

Here I was, preparing for an off-season roster thread, and the FO moved on some coaching changes.

Reportedly, DC Lou Anarumo, OL/run game coordinator coach Frank Pollack, DL coach Marion Hobby, and LB coach James Bettcher have all been let go.

https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-bengals-2025-coaching-changes-lou-anarumo/63349373

So I guess I'll add a component to the roster thread, the coaches part. I will start there and then go into a list of the current roster status and FA's. Followed up by our cap situation and analysis. And then a roster analysis/path forward section by position group.

I will try to break it up into manageable bites.

Here goes:

2025 Bengals Rosters: Coaches & Players

I. Current Coaching Roster

https://www.bengals.com/team/coaches-roster/

A. Head Coach & Coordinators
Head Coach: Zach Taylor
Offensive Coordinator: Dan Pitcher
Defensive Coordinator: Open (Lou Anarumo fired)
Chief of Coaching staff: Doug Rosfeld
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B. Offensive Coaches

Run game coordinator/OL: Open (Frank Pollack fired)
Pass game coordinator: Justin Rascati
WR: Troy Walters
TE: James Casey
RB: Justin Hill
QB: Brad Kragthorpe
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Offensive assistant: Jordan Salkin
OL assistant: Detek Frazier
QB assistant: Fredi Knighten
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C. Defensive Coaches

Senior Defensive Assistant: Mark Duffner
DL: Open (Marion Hobby fired)
LB: Open (James Bettcher fired)
Secondary/CBs: Charles Burks
Secondary/Safeties: Jordan Kovacs
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Defensive Assistant: Ronnie Regula
Defensive Quality Control: Louie Cioffi
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D. Special Teams Coaches

ST Coordinator/Assistant HC: Darrin Simmons
ST Assistant: Ben Jacobs

E. Strength & Conditioning

Head/DIR Player Performance: Joey Boese
Ast STR & COND: Diamond Simmons
Ast STR & COND: Garrett Swanson
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II. Current Player Roster: Signed for 2025 = 44

Offense = 21
QB (2): Burrow; Browning
RB (3): C. Brown; Moss, Milton
WR (5): Chase, Iosivas; C. Jones, I. Williams, Burton
TE (3): D Sample; All, McLachlan
OT (3): O. Brown, Mims, Cochran
G (3): Cappa, Volson; Stueber
C (2): Karras (C/G), Lee (C/T/G)
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Defense = 22
DE (5): Hendrickson, Hubbard; Murphy, C. Johnson, I. Thomas
DT (3): Rankins; Jenkins, Jackson
LB (4): L. Wilson, Pratt; Njongmeta, Heyward
CB (6): CTB, D. Hill; Turner, Newton, Ivey, L Robinson
S (4): Battle, Stone; Anderson, Anthony
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PK: McPherson
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III. Bengals Free Agents: 53/IR

Pos, Player

1. WR2:Tee Higgins
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2. DT1: BJ Hill
3. CB3: Mike Hilton
4. TE2/WR4: Mike Gesicki
5. P: Ryan Rehkow
6. LS: Cal Adomitis
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7. RT1: Trent Brown
8. OG3/OT4: Cody Ford
9. DE3: Joseph Ossai
10. LB3: Akeem Davis-Gaither
11. S3: Vonn Bell
12. RB3: Khalil Herbert
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13. DE5: Cam Sample
14. TE4: Tanner Hudson
15. DT5: Jay Tufele
16. TE5: Cam Grandy
17. LB4: Joe Bachie
18. OG5/OT6: Jaxson Kirkland
19. PK: Cade York
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20. RB4: Trayveon Williams
21. RB5: Chris Evans
22. OG/OT: D'Ante Smith
23. CB7: Marco Williams
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I *THINK* that is everyone. But I have a feeling I forgot a couple.
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IV. Bengals Free Agents: Practice Squad

1. CB Jalen Davis
2. WR Kendric Pryor
3. OC/OG: Tre Hill
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4..QB: Logan Woodside
5. RB: Gary Brightwell
6. WR: Cole Burgess
7. OT: Andrew Coker
8. OG: Tayshawn Manning
9. DE: Raymond Johnson III
10. DT: Dominique Davis
11. CB: Micah Abraham
12. CB: Nate Beooks
13. S: PJ Jules
14. S: Craig Young
15. S: Jaylen Key
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Whew! Round 2 will be cap analysis, PFF scores, and position group stuff.