The Cincinnati Bengals now enter crunch mode as the coaching staff attempts to formulate a final 53-man roster ahead of the NFL’s deadline early next week.
Coming out of the preseason finale against the Washington Commanders, quite a bit seems easy enough to figure out when it comes to the final roster.
What’s tricky is how the team handles number of players at certain positions. Do they keep just three running backs or tight ends in order to slip through more players elsewhere? Do they get risky by trying to slip a guy they like to the practice squad as a stash? What about injured guys like La’el Collins?
As things stand now, here’s our final attempt at a 53-man outlook before the team makes an official one soon.
QB Joe Burrow
QB Jake Browning
RB Joe Mixon
RB Chase Brown
RB Chris Evans
Note: Trayveon Williams to IR or practice squad.
WR Ja’Marr Chase
WR Tee Higgins
WR Tyler Boyd
WR Charlie Jones
WR Trenton Irwin
WR Andrei Iosivas
TE Irv Smith Jr.
TE Drew Sample
TE Tanner Hudson
OL Orlando Brown Jr.
OL D'Ante Smith
OL Cordell Volson
OL Max Scharping
OL Ted Karras
OL Alex Cappa
OL La'el Collins
OL Jonah Williams
OL Cody Ford
DL Sam Hubbard
DL Cam Sample
DL Jeff Gunter
DL Zach Carter
DL B.J. Hill
DL DJ Reader
DL Josh Tupou
DL Trey Hendrickson
DL Myles Murphy
DL Joseph Ossai
DL Raymond Johnson III
LB Logan Wilson
LB Markus Bailey
LB Germaine Pratt
LB Akeem Davis-Gaither
CB Chidobe Awuzie
CB DJ Turner
CB Allan George
CB Cam Taylor-Britt
CB Mike Hilton
CB Jalen Davis
CB DJ Ivey
S Nick Scott
S Jordan Battle
S Michael Thomas
S Dax Hill
S Tycen Anderson
K Evan McPherson
P Brad Robbins
LS Cal Adomitis
