07-30-2025, 02:23 PM
RB Zack Moss released. C Seth McLaughlin cleared to practice. All now the only player on a PUP/NFI/IR list.
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-release-zack-moss-seth-mclaughlin-bengals-roster-update
I wonder if Moss will retire? From a cap perspective, cutting him before the restructure would have saved us a bit more cap. But from a human perspective, giving him some more guarantees was totally the right thing to do. Wish him the best.
On McLaughlin, not ready to project him to the 53 yet, but I think that is where this is heading (bad news for Mike Lee).
I believe we are at 90, though that is counting All. If we moved him to PUP/Inactive or IR, we'd have a spot.
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II. Current Projected Roster: Signed/Draft = 53
Italics denotes a player with a zero dead cap hit.
Offense = 24
QB (2): Burrow; Browning
RB (3): C. Brown; Perine, Brooks
WR (5): Chase, Higgins, Iosivas; Burton, C. Jones
TE (5): D. Sample; Gesicki, Hudson, Grandy, McLachlan
OT (4): O. Brown, Mims; Ford (T/G), Rivers (OT/G)
G (3): Patrick (G/C), Fairchild, Volson
C (2): Karras (C/G); Lee (C/T/G)
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Defense = 26
DE (6): Hendrickson, Ossai; Stewart, Murphy, C. Sample (DE/DT), C. Johnson
DT (5): BJ Hill, Slaton; Jenkins; Jackson, Bryan
LB (5): L. Wilson, Knight; Burks, Carter, Heyward
CB (6): CTB, D. Hill; Turner, Newton, Ivey, M. Wilson
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 (54)
A. PUP/Active (1)
1. Erick All, TE, (knee). Likely season-ending 2nd surgery.
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IV. Signed, Projected Outside 53 = 12 (66)
1. QB: Ridder
2. RB: Milton
3. WR: I. Williams
4. OT: Cochran
5. OG/OT: Kirkland
6. OG/OT: Stueber
7. C: Raym
8. DE: I. Thomas
9. DT: Agim
10. LB: Giles-Harris
11. LB: Njongmeta
12. CB: L. Robinson
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V. Signed to Future's Contracts, Projected Outside the 53 = 11 (77)
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, # Acc Yrs, Salary, Dead Cap
1. RB Gary Brightwell, 3, $1,100,000, Zero
2. WR Kendric Pryor, 1, $1,030,000, Zero
3. WR Cole Burgess, 0, $840,000, Zero
4. WR Mitchell Tinsley, 1, $960,000, Zero
5. OT Andrew Coker, 0, $840,000, Zero
6. DE: Raymond Johnson III, 1, $960,000, Zero
7. LB Craig Young, 0, $840,000, Zero
8. CB Jalen Davis, 4, $1,030,000, Zero
9. CB Nate Brooks, 0, $960,000, Zero
10. S PJ Jules, 0, $840,000, Zero
11. S Jaylen Key, 0, $840,000, Zero
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-11-players-to-reserve-future-contracts-bengals-roster-update
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VI. UDFA's: Projected Outside the PS = 13 (90)
1. QB Payton Thorne, Auburn
2. RB: Quali Conley, Arizona
3. WR: Jordan Moore, Duke
4. WR: Rashod Owens, Oklahoma State
5. WR: Jamoi Mayes, Cincinnati
6. TE: Kole Taylor, West Virginia
7. OT: Trevor Etienne, BYU
8. C: Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
9. DT: Eric Gregory, Arkansas
10. DT Howard Cross, Notre Dame
11. CB: Bralyn Lux, Texas Tech
12. S: Shaquan Loyal, Rutgers
13. LS: William Wagner, Michigan
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VII. Projected Practice Squad = 16
1. QB: Ridder
2. RB: Brightwell (Future's)
3. WR: I. Williams
4. WR: Pryor (Future's)
5. OT: Cochran
6. OG/OT: Kirkland
7. C: McLaughlin (UDFA)
8. DE: R. Johnson III (Future's)
9. LB: Giles-Harris
10. LB: Njongmeta
11. CB: J. Davis (Future's)
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12. CB: Brooks
13. S: PJ Jules
14. S: Key
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15. DT/NT: Gregory (UDFA)
16. ??? Open
The top 11 above the line are the guys I think are the most NFL ready amongst the guys who are not currently projected to the 53. With the exception of DE I. Thomas, who belongs there, but since I kept 6 DEs on the 53, I did not go 2 deep on the PS at DE. I have cover everywhere save for TE (where I went heavy on the 53) and DT/3T, where have I have Sample/Stewart and Bryan backing up the top 4 on the 53. Surely, some of those guys will get snatched up if waived, and some have decent shots to make the 53 outright (Williams, Giles-Harris, Njongmeta, McLaughlin, Cochran, Kirkland, Davis).
Below the dotted line, I am pretty clueless. But I thought we'd need another boundary corner (Davis being pretty slot only), cover at both S spots, and cover at the run-stuffer spot. Last spot is probably WR/TE but could go anywhere. Maybe even the loser of the LS competition.
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VIII. Bengals Free Agents: 53/IR/PS = 4
Pos, Player
1. S3: Vonn Bell
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2. PK: Cade York
3. RB5: Chris Evans
4. OG/OT: D'Ante Smith
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IX. Bengals FA's, Re-signed/Extensions = 15
1. TE Cam Grandy, ERFA, 1 year, $980,000.
2. CB Jalen Davis, Future's/Reserve, $1,030,000
3. P Ryan Rehkow, ERFA, 2 yrs, $960,000 in 2025
4. LS Cal Adomitis, RFA, 1 year, $1,100,000
5. OG Jaxson Kirkland, ERFA, 1 yr $960,000
6. TE Tanner Hudson, 1 year, ??? $$$
7. TE/WR Mike Gesicki, 3 years, $25.5 mil
8. OG/OT Cody Ford, 2 years, $6,000,000
9. DT BJ Hill, 3 years, $33 mil, $16 G.
10. DE Joseph Ossai, 1 year, $7 mil
11. CB Marco Williams, 1 year, $1.52 mil
12. DE Cam Sample, 1 year, $1.6 mil
13. WR Tee Higgins, 4 years, $115 million
14. WR Ja'Marr Chase, 4 years, $161 mil (extension)
15. QB Logan Woodside, 1 year, ?$$ (Likely PS QB)
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X. Outside FA's brought in (9)
1. RB Samaje Perine, 2 years, $3.8 mil.
2. NT/DT TJ Slaton, 2 years, $15.1 mil
3. LB Oren Burks, 2 years, $5 mil
4. OG/C Lucas Patrick, 1 year, $2.1 mil
5. LB Joe Giles-Harris, 1 year, ??? (on PS briefly in '24)
6. QB: Desmond Ridder
7. C: Andrew Raym
8. DT: Taven Bryan
9. DT: McTelvin Agim
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XI. Bengals FA's, Signed elsewhere = 9
1. DT: Dominique Davis (PS), 1 year, $840,000 (future's)
2. LB: Akeem Davis-Gaither, AZ, 2 yrs, $10 mil, $3.805 cap
3. RB Khalil Herbert, Indy, 1 year, $1,197,500
4. DT Jay Tufele, Jets, 1 year, $1,030,000
5. OT Trent Brown, Texans, 1 year, $1,732,353
6. C/G Trey Hill, Packers, 1 yr, $1,100,000
7. LB Joe Bachie, Colts, 1 yr, $1,030,000
8. RB Trayveon Williams, Patriots, 1 yr $1,030,000
9. CB Mike Hilton, Dolphins, $???
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XII. Bengals Retirements/Cuts from last year's 53 = 5
#, Pos, Player, Cap Savings, Dead Cap
1. DT Sheldon Rankins, $9.618 mil, $2 mil (Texans, 1/$7)
2. G Alex Cappa, $8 mil, $2.25 mil (Raiders, 2/$11.2)
3. DE Sam Hubbard, $9.5 mil, $2 mil (retired)
4. LB Germaine Pratt, $5.85 mil, $2.33 mil
5. RB Zack Moss, $1,242,941, $1,875,000
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https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-release-zack-moss-seth-mclaughlin-bengals-roster-update
I wonder if Moss will retire? From a cap perspective, cutting him before the restructure would have saved us a bit more cap. But from a human perspective, giving him some more guarantees was totally the right thing to do. Wish him the best.
On McLaughlin, not ready to project him to the 53 yet, but I think that is where this is heading (bad news for Mike Lee).
I believe we are at 90, though that is counting All. If we moved him to PUP/Inactive or IR, we'd have a spot.
----------------------
II. Current Projected Roster: Signed/Draft = 53
Italics denotes a player with a zero dead cap hit.
Offense = 24
QB (2): Burrow; Browning
RB (3): C. Brown; Perine, Brooks
WR (5): Chase, Higgins, Iosivas; Burton, C. Jones
TE (5): D. Sample; Gesicki, Hudson, Grandy, McLachlan
OT (4): O. Brown, Mims; Ford (T/G), Rivers (OT/G)
G (3): Patrick (G/C), Fairchild, Volson
C (2): Karras (C/G); Lee (C/T/G)
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Defense = 26
DE (6): Hendrickson, Ossai; Stewart, Murphy, C. Sample (DE/DT), C. Johnson
DT (5): BJ Hill, Slaton; Jenkins; Jackson, Bryan
LB (5): L. Wilson, Knight; Burks, Carter, Heyward
CB (6): CTB, D. Hill; Turner, Newton, Ivey, M. Wilson
S (4): Battle, Stone; Anderson, Anthony
---------------
Special Teams = 3
PK: McPherson
P: Rehkow
LS: Adomitis
=================
III. Injured Reserve = 1 (54)
A. PUP/Active (1)
1. Erick All, TE, (knee). Likely season-ending 2nd surgery.
=============
IV. Signed, Projected Outside 53 = 12 (66)
1. QB: Ridder
2. RB: Milton
3. WR: I. Williams
4. OT: Cochran
5. OG/OT: Kirkland
6. OG/OT: Stueber
7. C: Raym
8. DE: I. Thomas
9. DT: Agim
10. LB: Giles-Harris
11. LB: Njongmeta
12. CB: L. Robinson
---------------------
V. Signed to Future's Contracts, Projected Outside the 53 = 11 (77)
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, # Acc Yrs, Salary, Dead Cap
1. RB Gary Brightwell, 3, $1,100,000, Zero
2. WR Kendric Pryor, 1, $1,030,000, Zero
3. WR Cole Burgess, 0, $840,000, Zero
4. WR Mitchell Tinsley, 1, $960,000, Zero
5. OT Andrew Coker, 0, $840,000, Zero
6. DE: Raymond Johnson III, 1, $960,000, Zero
7. LB Craig Young, 0, $840,000, Zero
8. CB Jalen Davis, 4, $1,030,000, Zero
9. CB Nate Brooks, 0, $960,000, Zero
10. S PJ Jules, 0, $840,000, Zero
11. S Jaylen Key, 0, $840,000, Zero
https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-sign-11-players-to-reserve-future-contracts-bengals-roster-update
--------------
VI. UDFA's: Projected Outside the PS = 13 (90)
1. QB Payton Thorne, Auburn
2. RB: Quali Conley, Arizona
3. WR: Jordan Moore, Duke
4. WR: Rashod Owens, Oklahoma State
5. WR: Jamoi Mayes, Cincinnati
6. TE: Kole Taylor, West Virginia
7. OT: Trevor Etienne, BYU
8. C: Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
9. DT: Eric Gregory, Arkansas
10. DT Howard Cross, Notre Dame
11. CB: Bralyn Lux, Texas Tech
12. S: Shaquan Loyal, Rutgers
13. LS: William Wagner, Michigan
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VII. Projected Practice Squad = 16
1. QB: Ridder
2. RB: Brightwell (Future's)
3. WR: I. Williams
4. WR: Pryor (Future's)
5. OT: Cochran
6. OG/OT: Kirkland
7. C: McLaughlin (UDFA)
8. DE: R. Johnson III (Future's)
9. LB: Giles-Harris
10. LB: Njongmeta
11. CB: J. Davis (Future's)
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12. CB: Brooks
13. S: PJ Jules
14. S: Key
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15. DT/NT: Gregory (UDFA)
16. ??? Open
The top 11 above the line are the guys I think are the most NFL ready amongst the guys who are not currently projected to the 53. With the exception of DE I. Thomas, who belongs there, but since I kept 6 DEs on the 53, I did not go 2 deep on the PS at DE. I have cover everywhere save for TE (where I went heavy on the 53) and DT/3T, where have I have Sample/Stewart and Bryan backing up the top 4 on the 53. Surely, some of those guys will get snatched up if waived, and some have decent shots to make the 53 outright (Williams, Giles-Harris, Njongmeta, McLaughlin, Cochran, Kirkland, Davis).
Below the dotted line, I am pretty clueless. But I thought we'd need another boundary corner (Davis being pretty slot only), cover at both S spots, and cover at the run-stuffer spot. Last spot is probably WR/TE but could go anywhere. Maybe even the loser of the LS competition.
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VIII. Bengals Free Agents: 53/IR/PS = 4
Pos, Player
1. S3: Vonn Bell
-------------
2. PK: Cade York
3. RB5: Chris Evans
4. OG/OT: D'Ante Smith
------------
IX. Bengals FA's, Re-signed/Extensions = 15
1. TE Cam Grandy, ERFA, 1 year, $980,000.
2. CB Jalen Davis, Future's/Reserve, $1,030,000
3. P Ryan Rehkow, ERFA, 2 yrs, $960,000 in 2025
4. LS Cal Adomitis, RFA, 1 year, $1,100,000
5. OG Jaxson Kirkland, ERFA, 1 yr $960,000
6. TE Tanner Hudson, 1 year, ??? $$$
7. TE/WR Mike Gesicki, 3 years, $25.5 mil
8. OG/OT Cody Ford, 2 years, $6,000,000
9. DT BJ Hill, 3 years, $33 mil, $16 G.
10. DE Joseph Ossai, 1 year, $7 mil
11. CB Marco Williams, 1 year, $1.52 mil
12. DE Cam Sample, 1 year, $1.6 mil
13. WR Tee Higgins, 4 years, $115 million
14. WR Ja'Marr Chase, 4 years, $161 mil (extension)
15. QB Logan Woodside, 1 year, ?$$ (Likely PS QB)
-------------------
X. Outside FA's brought in (9)
1. RB Samaje Perine, 2 years, $3.8 mil.
2. NT/DT TJ Slaton, 2 years, $15.1 mil
3. LB Oren Burks, 2 years, $5 mil
4. OG/C Lucas Patrick, 1 year, $2.1 mil
5. LB Joe Giles-Harris, 1 year, ??? (on PS briefly in '24)
6. QB: Desmond Ridder
7. C: Andrew Raym
8. DT: Taven Bryan
9. DT: McTelvin Agim
----------------
XI. Bengals FA's, Signed elsewhere = 9
1. DT: Dominique Davis (PS), 1 year, $840,000 (future's)
2. LB: Akeem Davis-Gaither, AZ, 2 yrs, $10 mil, $3.805 cap
3. RB Khalil Herbert, Indy, 1 year, $1,197,500
4. DT Jay Tufele, Jets, 1 year, $1,030,000
5. OT Trent Brown, Texans, 1 year, $1,732,353
6. C/G Trey Hill, Packers, 1 yr, $1,100,000
7. LB Joe Bachie, Colts, 1 yr, $1,030,000
8. RB Trayveon Williams, Patriots, 1 yr $1,030,000
9. CB Mike Hilton, Dolphins, $???
----------
XII. Bengals Retirements/Cuts from last year's 53 = 5
#, Pos, Player, Cap Savings, Dead Cap
1. DT Sheldon Rankins, $9.618 mil, $2 mil (Texans, 1/$7)
2. G Alex Cappa, $8 mil, $2.25 mil (Raiders, 2/$11.2)
3. DE Sam Hubbard, $9.5 mil, $2 mil (retired)
4. LB Germaine Pratt, $5.85 mil, $2.33 mil
5. RB Zack Moss, $1,242,941, $1,875,000
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