The Cincinnati Bengals were right at the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday when announcing the final cuts that trimmed the roster to 53 players.
Buy Bengals TicketsCincinnati announced the following players were wavied:
- LS Cal Adomitis
- QB Jake Browning
- P Drue Chrisman
- OT Devin Cochran
- DT Domenique Davis
- TE Nick Eubanks
- G Lamont Gaillard (injured)
- G Nate Gilliam
- LB Clarence Hicks
- CB Delonte Hood
- WR Trenton Irwin
- DE Raymond Johnson III
- LB Keandre Jones
- WR Kwamie Lassiter II
- TE Thaddeus Moss
- G Desmond Noel (injured)
- HB Jacques Patrick
- WR Kendric Pryor
- TE Justin Rigg
- LB Tegray Scales
- DT Tyler Shelvin
- DT Tariqious Tisdale
The following players were cut:
- S Trayvon Henderson
- DE Noah Spence
- WR Mike D. Thomas
One player went to the PUP:
- LB Markus Bailey
Of note is Kevin Huber winning the job at punter over Drue Chrisman, a bit of a surprise given the similar performance and age difference.
As a whole, there weren’t going to be many shockers, especially compared to prior years during the roster overhaul. The team returned most of its Super Bowl roster besides the big free-agent additions and rookies.