The Cincinnati Bengals have one more big housekeeping item of note to take care of in the wake of making final cuts to formulate the 53-man roster.
Said big thing (if we don’t count a Joe Burrow extension, of course) is putting out an official Week 1 depth chart before the season opener against the Cleveland Browns.
Buy Bengals TicketsThat depth chart the team eventually puts out won’t provide many shockers. We know two rookies won starting jobs during training camp. But other than that, this was a Super Bowl-contending roster that improved depth without shuffling starting jobs much.
Even so, here’s a visual guide projecting the Week 1 depth chart.
Quarterback
- Starter: Joe Burrow
- Backup: Jake Browning
Running back
- Starter: Joe Mixon
- Backups: Trayveon Williams, Chris Evans, Chase Brown,
Wide receiver
- WR1: Ja’Marr Chase, Trenton Irwin
- Slot: Tyler Boyd, Charlie Jones
- WR2: Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas
Tight end
- Starter: Irv Smith Jr.
- Backup: Drew Sample, Mitchell Wilcox
Offensive line
- LT: Orlando Brown Jr., D’Ante Smith
- LG: Cordell Volson, Max Scharping
- C: Ted Karras, Trey Hill
- RG: Alex Cappa, Cody Ford
- RT: Jonah Williams, Jackson Carman
Defensive line
- LDE: Sam Hubbard, Cam Sample, Myles Murphy
- 3T: B.J. Hill, Zach Carter
- NT: D.J. Reader, Josh Tupou (5T), Jay Tufele
- RDE: Trey Hendrickson, Joseph Ossai
Linebacker
- LB: Logan Wilson, Markus Bailey, Joe Bachie
- LB: Germaine Pratt, Akeem Davis-Gaither
Cornerback
- CB: Chidobe Awuzie, DJ Turner, DJ Ivey
- CB: Cam Taylor-Britt
- NCB: Mike Hilton, Jalen Davis
Safety
- S: Nick Scott, Jordan Battle
- S: Dax Hill, Tycen Anderson
Special Teams
K: Evan McPherson
P: Brad Robbins
LS: Cal Adomitis
KR: Chris Evans, Charlie Jones, Trayveon Williams
PR: Charlie Jones, Trenton Irwin
