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Bengals 53-man roster prediction after first preseason game

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The Cincinnati Bengals just went through their first exhibition of the preseason, a loss to the Green Bay Packers.

Of course, the scoreboard doesn’t matter much in a game that started interesting but waned in entertainment value pretty quickly.

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Still, it was an important time for fans to get a look at some of the major stock risers and fallers and for coaches to start getting a better idea of what the final 53 roster right look like by cut-down day.

While there are still two preseason games to go — and starters could always get on the field for those — here’s a quick review of what the final 53 might look like if cut-down day happened right now.

QB Joe Burrow

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QB Jake Browning

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RB Joe Mixon

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RB Chase Brown

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RB Trayveon Williams

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WR Ja’Marr Chase

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WR Tee Higgins

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WR Tyler Boyd

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WR Charlie Jones

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WR Trenton Irwin

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WR Andrei Iosivas

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TE Irv Smith Jr.

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TE Drew Sample

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TE Mitchell Wilcox

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OL Orlando Brown Jr.

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OL D'Ante Smith

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OL Cordell Volson

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OL Max Scharping

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OL Ted Karras

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OL Alex Cappa

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OL La'el Collins

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OL Jonah Williams

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OL Cody Ford

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DL Sam Hubbard

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DL Cam Sample

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DL Jeff Gunter

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DL B.J. Hill

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DL Zach Carter

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DL DJ Reader

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DL Josh Tupou

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DL Trey Hendrickson

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DL Myles Murphy

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DL Joseph Ossai

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DL Tarell Basham

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LB Logan Wilson

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LB Markus Bailey

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LB Germaine Pratt

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LB Akeem Davis-Gaither

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CB Chidobe Awuzie

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CB DJ Turner

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CB Allan George

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CB Cam Taylor-Britt

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CB Mike Hilton

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CB Jalen Davis

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CB DJ Ivey

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S Nick Scott

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S Jordan Battle

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S Michael Thomas

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S Dax Hill

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S Tycen Anderson

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K Evan McPherson

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P Brad Robbins

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LS Cal Adomitis

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