2025 Cincinnati Bengals season

The 2025 season will be the Cincinnati Bengals' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 58th overall, their 26th playing their home games at Paycor Stadium, and their seventh under head coach Zac Taylor.

2025 Cincinnati Bengals season
Owner	Mike Brown
Head coach	Zac Taylor
Home stadium	Paycor Stadium
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Offseason

Free agents

As of March 24, 2025

Below are players whose contracts with the team expired after the 2024 season.

Position	Player	Tag	2025 Team	Notes
LS	Cal Adomitis	RFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.1 million[1]
LB	Joe Bachie	UFA
S	Vonn Bell	UFA
T	Trent Brown	UFA	Houston Texans	1 year, $3 million[2]
LB	Akeem Davis-Gaither	UFA	Arizona Cardinals	2 years, $10 million[3]
RB	Chris Evans	UFA
T	Cody Ford	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	2 years, $6 million[4]
TE	Mike Gesicki	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	3 years, $25.5 million[5]
RB	Khalil Herbert	UFA	Indianapolis Colts	1 year, $1.337 million[6]
WR	Tee Higgins	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	4 years, $115 million[7]
DT	B.J. Hill	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	3 years, $33 million[8]
CB	Mike Hilton	UFA
TE	Tanner Hudson	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.2 million[9]
G	Jaxson Kirkland	ERFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $960K[10]
DE	Joseph Ossai	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $6.5 million[11]
P	Ryan Rehkow	ERFA	Cincinnati Bengals	2 years, $2.035 million[12]
DE	Cameron Sample	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.225 million[13]
T	D'Ante Smith	UFA
DT	Jay Tufele	UFA	New York Jets	1 year[14]
RB	Trayveon Williams	UFA
CB	Marco Wilson	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.5 million[15]
K	Cade York	ERFA

Signings

Position	Player	2024 Team	Date signed	Contract
RB	Samaje Perine	Kansas City Chiefs	March 13	2 years, $3.6 million[16]
DT	Tedarrell Slaton	Green Bay Packers	March 13	2 years, $14.1 million[17]
LB	Oren Burks	Philadelphia Eagles	March 17	2 years, $5 million[18]
G	Lucas Patrick	New Orleans Saints	March 21	1 year, $2.1 million[19]

Extensions

Below are players who are under contract through 2025 and received a contract extension.

Position	Player	Date signed	Notes
WR	Ja'Marr Chase	March 17	4 years, $161 million[20]

Releases

Position	Player	Date released	2025 Team
DT	Sheldon Rankins	February 21[21]	Houston Texans
G	Alex Cappa	March 3[22]	Las Vegas Raiders

Retirements

Position	Player	Date Retired
DE	Sam Hubbard	March 5[23]

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft

2025 Cincinnati Bengals draft selections

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	17
2	49
3	81
4	119
5	153
6	193
7	233	Traded to the Chicago Bears[A]

Draft trades

1. The Bengals traded a seventh-round selection (233rd overall) to the Chicago Bears in exchange for RB Khalil Herbert.^[24]

Staff

Cincinnati Bengals staff

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	Front office Owner/president – Mike Brown Executive vice president – Katie Blackburn Vice president – Troy Blackburn Vice president of player personnel – Paul Brown Jr. Director of player personnel – Duke Tobin Senior personnel executive – Trey Brown College scouting director – Mike Potts Pro scouting director – Steven Radicivec Head coach Head coach – Zac Taylor Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Darrin Simmons Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Dan Pitcher Passing game coordinator – Justin Rascati Quarterbacks – Brad Kragthorpe Assistant quarterbacks – Fredi Knighten Running backs – Justin Hill Wide receivers – Troy Walters Assistant wide receivers – Jordan Salkin Tight ends – James Casey Offensive line – Scott Peters Assistant offensive line – Michael McCarthy			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Al Golden Defensive line/run game coordinator – Jerry Montgomery Linebackers – Michael Hodges Secondary/cornerbacks – Charles Burks Secondary/safeties – Jordan Kovacs Senior defensive assistant – Sean Desai Defensive assistant – Ronnie Regula Special teams coaches Assistant special teams – Ben Jacobs Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Joey Boese Assistant strength and conditioning – Todd Hunt Assistant strength and conditioning – Garrett Swanson Football operations Chief of coaching staff – Doug Rosfeld → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Cincinnati Bengals roster

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Quarterbacks (QB)  6 Jake Browning  9 Joe Burrow Running backs (RB) 44 Gary Brightwell 30 Chase Brown 36 Kendall Milton 31 Zack Moss 34 Samaje Perine Wide receivers (WR) 17 Cole Burgess 81 Jermaine Burton  1 Ja'Marr Chase  5 Tee Higgins 80 Andrei Iosivas 15 Charlie Jones 19 Kendric Pryor -- Mitchell Tinsley 18 Isaiah Williams Tight ends (TE) 83 Erick All 88 Mike Gesicki 85 Cam Grandy 87 Tanner Hudson 84 Tanner McLachlan 89 Drew Sample

Offensive linemen (OL) 75 Orlando Brown LT 76 Devin Cochran LT 79 Andrew Coker RT 61 Cody Ford RG 64 Ted Karras C 60 Jaxson Kirkland G 62 Matt Lee C 66 Tashawn Manning G 71 Amarius Mims RT -- Lucas Patrick C 73 Andrew Stueber RT 67 Cordell Volson LG Defensive linemen (DL) 91 Trey Hendrickson DE 92 B. J. Hill DT 93 McKinnley Jackson DT 90 Kris Jenkins DT 52 Cedric Johnson DE 56 Raymond Johnson DE 99 Myles Murphy DE 58 Joseph Ossai DE 96 Cameron Sample DE -- Tedarrell Slaton DT 51 Isaiah Thomas DE

Linebackers (LB) -- Oren Burks OLB 50 Shaka Heyward MLB 45 Maema Njongmeta MLB 57 Germaine Pratt OLB 55 Logan Wilson OLB 46 Craig Young LB Defensive backs (DB) 40 Micah Abraham CB 26 Tycen Anderson FS 33 Daijahn Anthony SS 27 Jordan Battle SS 41 Nate Brooks CB 35 Jalen Davis CB 23 Daxton Hill CB 38 D. J. Ivey CB 37 P. J. Jules SS 43 Jaylen Key S 28 Josh Newton CB 39 Lance Robinson CB 22 Geno Stone FS 29 Cam Taylor-Britt CB 20 DJ Turner CB 42 Marco Wilson CB Special teams (ST) 48 Cal Adomitis LS  2 Evan McPherson K  8 Ryan Rehkow P

As of March 22, 2025. Rookies in italics. 70 active Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The Bengals' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Bengals' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May.^[25]

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (AFC North)	Baltimore Ravens Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents (AFC East)	New England Patriots New York Jets	Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins
Conference opponents (based on 2024 division placement)	Jacksonville Jaguars	Denver Broncos
Interconference opponents (NFC North)	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions	Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings
Interconference opponent (based on 2024 division placement)	Arizona Cardinals	—