Bengals announce first 53-man roster of Zac Taylor era

The Cincinnati Bengals announced their first 53-man roster of the Zac Taylor era Saturday.

There were some surprises, like the release of offensive guard John Jerry and the retention of undrafted rookie Jake Dolegala as the third quarterback.

All of the cuts, injured reserve and PUP moves can be seen at our tracker:

Here’s the final 53:

QB (3): Andy Dalton, Ryan Finley, Jake Dolegala

RB (3): Giovani Bernard, Joe Mixon, Trayveon Williams

WR (7): A.J. Green, Tyler Boyd, Alex Erickson, John Ross III, Josh Malone, Auden Tate, Damion Willis

TE (4): Tyler Eifert, C.J. Uzomah, Cethan Carter, Drew Sample

OL (8): Andre Smith, Cordy Glenn, Bobby Hart, John Miller, Trey Hopkins, Billy Price, Michael Jordan, O’Shea Dugas

DL(11): Carlos Dunlap, Geno Atkins, Kerry Wynn, Andrew Billings, Jordan Willis, Carl Lawson, Ryan Glasgow, Josh Tupou, Sam Hubbard, Andrew Brown, T Renell Wren

LB (5): Preston Brown, Nick Vigil,  Jordan Evans, Hardy Nickerson, Germaine Pratt

DB (9): Dre Kirkpatrick, Shawn Williams, B.W. Webb, William Jackson III, Clayton Fejedelem, Tony McRae, Brandon Wilson, Darius Phillips, Jessie Bates III

Special (3): Kevin Huber, Clark Harris, Randy Bullock