The 2025 Bengals Rosters Thread: Coaches & Players

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Logan Woodside has joined the Steelers. He likely will not last past camp. They lost rookie QB Will Howard to a broken hand.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

Will Hernandez back with Arizona. Bummer. But sounds like he wanted to stay & they wanted him back.

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/potential_cincinnati_bengals_free_agent_option_signs_with_nfc_team/s1_16652_42555241

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(08-07-2025, 04:51 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Will Hernandez back with Arizona. Bummer. But sounds like he wanted to stay & they wanted him back.

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/potential_cincinnati_bengals_free_agent_option_signs_with_nfc_team/s1_16652_42555241

He did say he wanted to go back to Arizona. I wish him well,, now question becomes how will our OL do tonight? Risner and Scherff are still available, if the OG's play well we likely stick to current OL, if not I hope they one or both them on speed dial for a visit.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

From last game and practice:

S PJ Jules is higher on the ladder than I had him. Might be making a run at Anthony or Anderson for a backup S role.

Charlie Jones is clearly WR4 ahead of Burton.

QB2 may be a battle.

OL depth is iffy. Rivers struggling at OT.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

No signings or cuts, just a change to my projected 53. WR6 I. Williams off (to PS), replaced by OT4 Devin Cochran. 


Williams did not have a good game receiving, and with Rivers now gettingvlooks at G, and notclooking good at OT, we may need another straight OT. Cochran graded out well. 

Roster spots for Browning & Burton are now shakier. C. Jones clearly WR4. McLaughlin gettingvreps could push Lee. 

Roster spots for Anderson & Anthony also shaky. PJ Jules pushing both. Now projecting PJ to the PS. 


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II.  Current Projected Roster: Signed/Draft = 53

Italics denotes a player with a zero dead cap hit.

Offense = 25
QB (2): Burrow; Browning
RB (3): C. Brown; Perine, Brooks
WR (5): Chase, Higgins, Iosivas; C. Jones, Burton
TE (5): Fant; Gesicki, D. Sample, Hudson, Grandy
OT (4): O. Brown, Mims; Ford (T/G), Cochran
G (4): Fairchild, Patrick (G/C), Volson, Rivers (T/G)
C (2): Karras (C/G); Lee (C/T/G)
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Defense = 25
DE (6): Hendrickson, Ossai; Stewart, Murphy, C. Sample (DE/DT), C. Johnson
DT (4): BJ Hill, Slaton; Jenkins; Jackson
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 = 13 (67)
1.  QB: Ridder
2.  RB: Milton
3.  WR: I. Williams
4.  TE: McLachlan
5.  OG/OT: Kirkland
6.  OG/OT: Stueber
7.  C: Raym
8.  DE:  I. Thomas
9.  DT: Bryan
10.  DT/NT: Agim
11.  LB:  Giles-Harris
12.  LB: Njongmeta
13.  CB: L. Robinson
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V. Signed to Future's Contracts, Projected Outside the 53 = 11 (78)

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 = 12 (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. OT: Trevor Etienne, BYU
7. C: Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
8. DT: Eric Gregory, Arkansas
9. DT Howard Cross, Notre Dame
10. CB: Bralyn Lux, Texas Tech 
11. S: Shaquan Loyal, Rutgers
12. 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: Tinsley (Future's)
5.  TE: McLachlan
6.  OG/OT: Kirkland
7.  C: McLaughlin (UDFA)
8.  DE: R. Johnson III (Future's)
9.  DT: Bryan
10.  LB: Giles-Harris
11.  LB: Njongmeta
12.  CB: J. Davis (Future's)
13.  S: PJ Jules
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14.  OG/OT: Stueber
15.  DT: Cross 
16.  S: PJ Jules

DE I. Thomas is probably the most NFL ready level guy NOT on my PS. He is easily top 70 on talent. But carrying 6 DEs on the 53, I just thought 2 more on the PS was too much. 
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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
10. TE: Noah Fant
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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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