Bengals finalize 53-man roster for 2023 season
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Bengals have finalized their 53-man roster for the upcoming season.
Head coach Zac Taylor is pleased with where his roster is at as he heads into his fifth season. Taylor believes this team has more depth than ever before.
"In my five years here, I think this is the hardest, and it is the hardest because you have a higher number of quality players that are worthy of being on it, as opposed to maybe there's years where you have 49 or 50," Taylor said. "And you're trying to sort through and it can be difficult that way, too. But I think this year, I felt our 90-man roster was as strong as it's ever been. And so obviously that leads to more difficult decisions there for the final 53."
'No':Joe Burrow is not holding himself out of practice because of contract dispute
For the most part, the Bengals returned a majority of their starters from the 2022 season making it easier to predict the roster. Right tackle La'el Collins will start the season on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list and will be out for at least the first four games.
Over the next 24 hours, the Bengals could make a few more roster moves.
Here's a position-by-position look at the Bengals' 53-man roster:
Quarterback (2):
Joe Burrow
Jake Browning
Running Back (4):
Joe Mixon
Chase Brown
Chris Evans
Trayveon Williams
Wide Receiver (6):
Tyler Boyd
Tee Higgins
Ja'Marr Chase
Trenton Irwin
Charlie Jones
Andrei Iosivas
Tight End (3):
Irv Smith
Drew Sample
Mitchell Wilcox
Offensive Line (9):
Ted Karras
Orlando Brown
Jonah Williams
Alex Cappa
Cordell Volson
Jackson Carman
Max Scharping
Cody Ford
Trey Hill
D'Ante Smith
Defensive Line (10):
Sam Hubbard
Trey Hendrickson
D.J. Reader
B.J. Hill
Joseph Ossai
Cameron Sample
Myles Murphy
Jay Tufele
Zach Carter
Josh Tupou
Linebacker (5):
Logan Wilson
Germaine Pratt
Akeem Davis-Gaither
Markus Bailey
Joe Bachie
Cornerback (6):
CB Chidobe Awuzie
CB Mike Hilton
CB Cam Taylor-Britt
CB DJ Turner
CB DJ Ivey
CB Jalen Davis
Safety (4):
Dax Hill
Nick Scott
Tycen Anderson
Jordan Battle
Specialists:
Punter Brad Robbins
Kicker Evan McPherson
Long snapper Cal Adomitis
The Cincinnati Bengals have finalized their 53-man roster for the upcoming season.
Head coach Zac Taylor is pleased with where his roster is at as he heads into his fifth season. Taylor believes this team has more depth than ever before.
"In my five years here, I think this is the hardest, and it is the hardest because you have a higher number of quality players that are worthy of being on it, as opposed to maybe there's years where you have 49 or 50," Taylor said. "And you're trying to sort through and it can be difficult that way, too. But I think this year, I felt our 90-man roster was as strong as it's ever been. And so obviously that leads to more difficult decisions there for the final 53."
'No':Joe Burrow is not holding himself out of practice because of contract dispute
For the most part, the Bengals returned a majority of their starters from the 2022 season making it easier to predict the roster. Right tackle La'el Collins will start the season on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list and will be out for at least the first four games.
Over the next 24 hours, the Bengals could make a few more roster moves.
Here's a position-by-position look at the Bengals' 53-man roster:
Quarterback (2):
Joe Burrow
Jake Browning
Running Back (4):
Joe Mixon
Chase Brown
Chris Evans
Trayveon Williams
Wide Receiver (6):
Tyler Boyd
Tee Higgins
Ja'Marr Chase
Trenton Irwin
Charlie Jones
Andrei Iosivas
Tight End (3):
Irv Smith
Drew Sample
Mitchell Wilcox
Offensive Line (9):
Ted Karras
Orlando Brown
Jonah Williams
Alex Cappa
Cordell Volson
Jackson Carman
Max Scharping
Cody Ford
Trey Hill
D'Ante Smith
Defensive Line (10):
Sam Hubbard
Trey Hendrickson
D.J. Reader
B.J. Hill
Joseph Ossai
Cameron Sample
Myles Murphy
Jay Tufele
Zach Carter
Josh Tupou
Linebacker (5):
Logan Wilson
Germaine Pratt
Akeem Davis-Gaither
Markus Bailey
Joe Bachie
Cornerback (6):
CB Chidobe Awuzie
CB Mike Hilton
CB Cam Taylor-Britt
CB DJ Turner
CB DJ Ivey
CB Jalen Davis
Safety (4):
Dax Hill
Nick Scott
Tycen Anderson
Jordan Battle
Specialists:
Punter Brad Robbins
Kicker Evan McPherson
Long snapper Cal Adomitis
Players mentioned in this article
Zac Taylor
A.J. Taylor
La'el Collins
Aaron Evans
A.J. Williams
Aaron Boyd
Alonzo Higgins
Alex Wilcox
Hayden Carman
A'Darius Medford
Adam Hineline
A.J. Hill
Alameen Murphy
Abdul Carter
A.J. Davis
Aaron Bailey
Mike Hilton
Jalen Davis
Aaron Anderson
Brad Robbins
Evan McPherson
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