3 hours ago
Well no new roster moves to report,,but I have adjusted my thinking in my 53.
I now think WR Isaiah Williams makes the squad as WR6. I am gonna drop DT Bryan to the PS. I think DT5 will effectively be covered by Stewart and Cam Sample moving inside (and maybe Ossai & Murphy too on pass downs).
Trickle down is that Bryan is now on the PS instead of Williams. I still think there are two WR spots on the PS, and I went with Burgess. Had to bump a S to create the space, and I went with Key over Jules. Also went with Agim over Gregory at DT/NT.
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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 (6): Chase, Higgins, Iosivas; Burton, C. Jones, I. Williams
TE (5): Fant; Gesicki, D. Sample, Hudson, Grandy
OT (4): O. Brown, Mims; Ford (T/G), Rivers (OT/G)
G (3): Patrick (G/C), Fairchild, Volson
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. TE: McLachlan
4. OT: Cochran
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: Pryor (Future's)
4. WR: Burgess (Future's)
5. TE: McLachlan
6. OT: Cochran
7. OG/OT: Kirkland
8. C: McLaughlin (UDFA)
9. DE: R. Johnson III (Future's)
10. DT/NT: Agim
11. DT: Bryan
12. LB: Giles-Harris
13. LB: Njongmeta
14. CB: J. Davis (Future's)
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15. CB: Brooks
16. S: Key
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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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I now think WR Isaiah Williams makes the squad as WR6. I am gonna drop DT Bryan to the PS. I think DT5 will effectively be covered by Stewart and Cam Sample moving inside (and maybe Ossai & Murphy too on pass downs).
Trickle down is that Bryan is now on the PS instead of Williams. I still think there are two WR spots on the PS, and I went with Burgess. Had to bump a S to create the space, and I went with Key over Jules. Also went with Agim over Gregory at DT/NT.
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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 (6): Chase, Higgins, Iosivas; Burton, C. Jones, I. Williams
TE (5): Fant; Gesicki, D. Sample, Hudson, Grandy
OT (4): O. Brown, Mims; Ford (T/G), Rivers (OT/G)
G (3): Patrick (G/C), Fairchild, Volson
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
=================
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. TE: McLachlan
4. OT: Cochran
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: Pryor (Future's)
4. WR: Burgess (Future's)
5. TE: McLachlan
6. OT: Cochran
7. OG/OT: Kirkland
8. C: McLaughlin (UDFA)
9. DE: R. Johnson III (Future's)
10. DT/NT: Agim
11. DT: Bryan
12. LB: Giles-Harris
13. LB: Njongmeta
14. CB: J. Davis (Future's)
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15. CB: Brooks
16. S: Key
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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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