Bengals sign LS Cal Adomitis to a 1 year deal. Salary not posted yet, but I am assuming $1,030,000, which is the min for a 2 year vet.
We also cut Sheldon Rankins. I hope Sheldon get can get healthy soon. Which freed up $9.618 in cap space but does carry a $2 mil dead cap hit.
Speaking of cap space, with the news that the cap will be in the range of $277.5 to $281.5 mil, we can now calculate our base cap number. So I have added a cap section.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cba/minimum/
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2025/2/21/24370110/cal-adomitis-contract-extension-bengals
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2025/2/21/24370018/sheldon-rankins-bengals-free-agency-2025
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: Al Golden
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B. Offensive Coaches
Justin Rascati (Pass Game Coordinator); Scott Peters (OL), Brad Kragthorpe (QB), Troy Walters (WR), Jusin Hill (RB), James Casey (TE), Jordan Salkin (Offensive Assistant), Michael McCarthy (OL Assistant), Fredi Knighten (QB Assistant).
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C. Defensive Coaches
Jerry Montgomery (DL + Run Defense Coordinator), Mike Hodges (LB Coach); Charles Burks (Secondary/CBs), Jordan Kovacs (Sec/Safety), Ronnie Regula (Defensive Assistant), Mike Moon (Defensive Assistant/unspecified).
Open: Senior Defensive Assistant (Mark Duffner fired), Defensive Quality Control (Louie Cioffi fired).
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D. Special Teams Coaches
Darrin Simmons (ST Coordinator/Ast HC), Ben Jacobs (ST Assistant).
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E. Strength & Conditioning
Joey Boese (Head/DIR Player Performance), Diamond Simmons (Ast STR & COND), Garrett Swanson (Ast STR & COND).
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F. Administrative
Doug Rosfeld (Chief of Coaching staff)
https://www.bengals.com/team/coaches-roster/
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II. Current Player Roster: Signed for 2025 = 45
Italics denotes a player with a zero dead cap hit.
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; Grandy, 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 = 21
DE (5): Hendrickson, Hubbard; Murphy, C. Johnson, I. Thomas
DT (2): 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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Special Teams = 3
PK: McPherson
P: Rehkow
LS: Adomitis
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III. Injured Reserve = 1 (46)
1. Erick All, TE, (knee). Likely season-ending 2nd surgeey.
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IV. Signed to Future's Contracts = 13 (59)
These guys do technically take up roster spaces and cap space at the moment. But effectively they do not, as none of them have any Dead Cap hit if released. These are camp bodies, practice squad types with perhaps a dark horse candidate to make the 53 or two.
But it does give one a better idea if how much space we'd have with a full toster instead of only 44.
#, Pos, Player, Salary, Dead Cap
1. RB Gary Brightwell, $1,100,000, Zero
2. WR Kendric Pryor, $1,030,000, Zero
3. WR Cole Burgess, $840,000, Zero
4. WR Mitchell Tinsley, $960,000, Zero
5. OT Andrew Coker, $840,000, Zero
6. OG Tayshawn Manning, $8400,000,Zer0
7. DE Raymond Johnson III, $960,000, Zero
8. LB Craig Young, $840,000, Zero
9. CB Micah Abraham, $840,000, Zero
10. CB Nate Brooks, $960,000, Zero
11. CB Jalen Davis, $1,030,000, Zero
12. S PJ Jules, $840,000, Zero
13. S Jaylen Key, $840,000, Zero
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-11-players-to-reserve-future-contracts-bengals-roster-update
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V. Bengals Free Agents: 53/IR/PS = 22
Pos, Player
1. WR2:Tee Higgins
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2. DT1: BJ Hill
3. CB3: Mike Hilton
4. TE2/WR4: Mike Gesicki
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5. OT3: Trent Brown
6. OG3/OT4: Cody Ford
7. DE3: Joseph Ossai
8. LB3: Akeem Davis-Gaither
9. S3: Vonn Bell
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10. RB3: Khalil Herbert
11. DE5: Cam Sample
12. TE4: Tanner Hudson
13. DT5: Jay Tufele
14. LB4: Joe Bachie
15. OG5/OT6: Jaxson Kirkland (ERFA)
16. PK: Cade York (RFA)
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17. RB4: Trayveon Williams
18. RB5: Chris Evans
19. OG/OT: D'Ante Smith
20. CB7: Marco Williams
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21. OC/OG: Tre Hil (PS)
22. QB: Logan Woodside (PS)
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VI. Bengals FA's, Re-signed = 4
1. TE Cam Grandy, ERFA, 1 year, $980,000.
2. CB Jalen Davis, Future's/Reserve, $1,030,000
3. P Ryan Rehkow, 2 yrs, $960,000 in 2025
4. LS Cal Adomitis, 1 year, $???
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VII. Bengals FA's, Signed elsewhere = 1
1. DT: Dominique Davis (PS), Pitt Future's contract
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VIII. Bengals Cuts from last year's 53 = 1
#, Pos, Player, Cap Savings, Dead Cap
1. DT Sheldon Rankins, $9.618 mil, $2 mil
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III. Bengals Cap Status
A. Base Cap Calculator
1. NFL Salary Cap = $277.5-$281.5 million
2. 2024 Bengals Rollover = $5,935,175
3. Dead Cap = $2,357,964 (OTC is 962)
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4. Bengals Base Cap Number/Range: $281,077,211-$285,077,211
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/_/year/2025
B. Cap Space Calculator
Aa soon as I have the Adomitis number, I will start to break these down. There are s mevral ways to do it.
The most common via spotrac & OTC is the top 51 method, which is accurate for the off-season, but does not include all 53 players in the regular season, the cost of the practice squad or rookies, or include low salary guys likely to make the team.
So, top 51 gives a quick idea of howuch space you have, but is gonna overestimate the space by the cost of the PS ($3-$4 mil), 2 low end roster spots ($2 mil), and the cost of you rookie contracts over existing guys (hard to say, depending on who gets cut).
At the moment, spotrac has not updated their cap estimates and are still using $275, while OTC has and is at $279.5. Right in the middle of the range. Given that spotrac is underselling the cap AND regular season realities by roughly the same amount, while OTC isn't, I think sootrac is the better guestimate for our actual situation at the moment.
Top 51 space (spotrac): $53,085,054
Top 51 space (OTC): $61,915,084
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/_/year/2025
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/cincinnati-bengals
I'll have more detail in the future and breakout separate posts for cap.
We also cut Sheldon Rankins. I hope Sheldon get can get healthy soon. Which freed up $9.618 in cap space but does carry a $2 mil dead cap hit.
Speaking of cap space, with the news that the cap will be in the range of $277.5 to $281.5 mil, we can now calculate our base cap number. So I have added a cap section.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cba/minimum/
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2025/2/21/24370110/cal-adomitis-contract-extension-bengals
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2025/2/21/24370018/sheldon-rankins-bengals-free-agency-2025
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: Al Golden
----------------
B. Offensive Coaches
Justin Rascati (Pass Game Coordinator); Scott Peters (OL), Brad Kragthorpe (QB), Troy Walters (WR), Jusin Hill (RB), James Casey (TE), Jordan Salkin (Offensive Assistant), Michael McCarthy (OL Assistant), Fredi Knighten (QB Assistant).
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C. Defensive Coaches
Jerry Montgomery (DL + Run Defense Coordinator), Mike Hodges (LB Coach); Charles Burks (Secondary/CBs), Jordan Kovacs (Sec/Safety), Ronnie Regula (Defensive Assistant), Mike Moon (Defensive Assistant/unspecified).
Open: Senior Defensive Assistant (Mark Duffner fired), Defensive Quality Control (Louie Cioffi fired).
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D. Special Teams Coaches
Darrin Simmons (ST Coordinator/Ast HC), Ben Jacobs (ST Assistant).
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E. Strength & Conditioning
Joey Boese (Head/DIR Player Performance), Diamond Simmons (Ast STR & COND), Garrett Swanson (Ast STR & COND).
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F. Administrative
Doug Rosfeld (Chief of Coaching staff)
https://www.bengals.com/team/coaches-roster/
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II. Current Player Roster: Signed for 2025 = 45
Italics denotes a player with a zero dead cap hit.
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; Grandy, 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 = 21
DE (5): Hendrickson, Hubbard; Murphy, C. Johnson, I. Thomas
DT (2): 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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Special Teams = 3
PK: McPherson
P: Rehkow
LS: Adomitis
=================
III. Injured Reserve = 1 (46)
1. Erick All, TE, (knee). Likely season-ending 2nd surgeey.
-----------------------
IV. Signed to Future's Contracts = 13 (59)
These guys do technically take up roster spaces and cap space at the moment. But effectively they do not, as none of them have any Dead Cap hit if released. These are camp bodies, practice squad types with perhaps a dark horse candidate to make the 53 or two.
But it does give one a better idea if how much space we'd have with a full toster instead of only 44.
#, Pos, Player, Salary, Dead Cap
1. RB Gary Brightwell, $1,100,000, Zero
2. WR Kendric Pryor, $1,030,000, Zero
3. WR Cole Burgess, $840,000, Zero
4. WR Mitchell Tinsley, $960,000, Zero
5. OT Andrew Coker, $840,000, Zero
6. OG Tayshawn Manning, $8400,000,Zer0
7. DE Raymond Johnson III, $960,000, Zero
8. LB Craig Young, $840,000, Zero
9. CB Micah Abraham, $840,000, Zero
10. CB Nate Brooks, $960,000, Zero
11. CB Jalen Davis, $1,030,000, Zero
12. S PJ Jules, $840,000, Zero
13. S Jaylen Key, $840,000, Zero
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-11-players-to-reserve-future-contracts-bengals-roster-update
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V. Bengals Free Agents: 53/IR/PS = 22
Pos, Player
1. WR2:Tee Higgins
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2. DT1: BJ Hill
3. CB3: Mike Hilton
4. TE2/WR4: Mike Gesicki
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5. OT3: Trent Brown
6. OG3/OT4: Cody Ford
7. DE3: Joseph Ossai
8. LB3: Akeem Davis-Gaither
9. S3: Vonn Bell
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10. RB3: Khalil Herbert
11. DE5: Cam Sample
12. TE4: Tanner Hudson
13. DT5: Jay Tufele
14. LB4: Joe Bachie
15. OG5/OT6: Jaxson Kirkland (ERFA)
16. PK: Cade York (RFA)
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17. RB4: Trayveon Williams
18. RB5: Chris Evans
19. OG/OT: D'Ante Smith
20. CB7: Marco Williams
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21. OC/OG: Tre Hil (PS)
22. QB: Logan Woodside (PS)
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VI. Bengals FA's, Re-signed = 4
1. TE Cam Grandy, ERFA, 1 year, $980,000.
2. CB Jalen Davis, Future's/Reserve, $1,030,000
3. P Ryan Rehkow, 2 yrs, $960,000 in 2025
4. LS Cal Adomitis, 1 year, $???
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VII. Bengals FA's, Signed elsewhere = 1
1. DT: Dominique Davis (PS), Pitt Future's contract
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VIII. Bengals Cuts from last year's 53 = 1
#, Pos, Player, Cap Savings, Dead Cap
1. DT Sheldon Rankins, $9.618 mil, $2 mil
===========================
III. Bengals Cap Status
A. Base Cap Calculator
1. NFL Salary Cap = $277.5-$281.5 million
2. 2024 Bengals Rollover = $5,935,175
3. Dead Cap = $2,357,964 (OTC is 962)
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4. Bengals Base Cap Number/Range: $281,077,211-$285,077,211
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/_/year/2025
B. Cap Space Calculator
Aa soon as I have the Adomitis number, I will start to break these down. There are s mevral ways to do it.
The most common via spotrac & OTC is the top 51 method, which is accurate for the off-season, but does not include all 53 players in the regular season, the cost of the practice squad or rookies, or include low salary guys likely to make the team.
So, top 51 gives a quick idea of howuch space you have, but is gonna overestimate the space by the cost of the PS ($3-$4 mil), 2 low end roster spots ($2 mil), and the cost of you rookie contracts over existing guys (hard to say, depending on who gets cut).
At the moment, spotrac has not updated their cap estimates and are still using $275, while OTC has and is at $279.5. Right in the middle of the range. Given that spotrac is underselling the cap AND regular season realities by roughly the same amount, while OTC isn't, I think sootrac is the better guestimate for our actual situation at the moment.
Top 51 space (spotrac): $53,085,054
Top 51 space (OTC): $61,915,084
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/cap/_/year/2025
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/cincinnati-bengals
I'll have more detail in the future and breakout separate posts for cap.
