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. The Bengals will attempt to improve on their 9–8 record from the last two seasons and make the playoffs after a two–year absence. The Bengals will play on Thanksgiving for the first time since 2010.

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

Free agents

As of August 1, 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	Indianapolis Colts	1 year, $1.17 million[2]
S	Vonn Bell	UFA
T	Trent Brown	UFA	Houston Texans	1 year, $3 million[3]
LB	Akeem Davis-Gaither	UFA	Arizona Cardinals	2 years, $10 million[4]
RB	Chris Evans	UFA
T	Cody Ford	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	2 years, $6 million[5]
TE	Mike Gesicki	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	3 years, $25.5 million[6]
RB	Khalil Herbert	UFA	Indianapolis Colts	1 year, $1.337 million[7]
WR	Tee Higgins	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	4 years, $115 million[8]
DT	B.J. Hill	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	3 years, $33 million[9]
CB	Mike Hilton	UFA	Miami Dolphins	TBA[10]
TE	Tanner Hudson	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.2 million[11]
G	Jaxson Kirkland	ERFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $960K[12]
DE	Joseph Ossai	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $6.5 million[13]
P	Ryan Rehkow	ERFA	Cincinnati Bengals	2 years, $2.035 million[14]
DE	Cameron Sample	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.225 million[15]
T	D'Ante Smith	UFA
DT	Jay Tufele	UFA	New York Jets	1 year, $1.17 million[16]
RB	Trayveon Williams	UFA	New England Patriots	1 year, $1.17 million[17]
CB	Marco Wilson	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.5 million[18]
QB	Logan Woodside	UFA	Cincinnati Bengals	1 year, $1.17 million[19]
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[20]
DT	Tedarrell Slaton	Green Bay Packers	March 13	2 years, $14.1 million[21]
LB	Oren Burks	Philadelphia Eagles	March 17	2 years, $5 million[22]
G	Lucas Patrick	New Orleans Saints	March 21	1 year, $2.1 million[23]
LB	Joe Giles-Harris	Jacksonville Jaguars	April 9	1 year, $1.1 million[24]
TE	Noah Fant	Seattle Seahawks	July 21	1 year[25]

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[26]

Releases

Position	Player	Date released	2025 Team
DT	Sheldon Rankins	February 21[27]	Houston Texans
G	Alex Cappa	March 3[28]	Las Vegas Raiders
LB	Germaine Pratt	June 9[29]	Las Vegas Raiders[30]
RB	Zack Moss	July 30[31]

Retirements

Position	Player	Date Retired
DE	Sam Hubbard	March 5[32]

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft

2025 Cincinnati Bengals draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 17 Shemar Stewart DE Texas A&M 2 49 Demetrius Knight LB South Carolina 3 81 Dylan Fairchild G Georgia 4 119 Barrett Carter LB Clemson 5 153 Jalen Rivers G Miami 6 193 Tahj Brooks RB Texas Tech 7 233 Traded to the Chicago Bears[A] Undrafted free agents 2025 Cincinnati Bengals draft selections Name Position College Ref. Quali Conley RB Arizona [34] Eric Gregory DT Arkansas Payton Thorne QB Auburn Caleb Etienne OT BYU Jamoi Mayes WR Cincinnati Jordan Moore WR Duke Dante Barnett DT IPP William Wagner LS Michigan Howard Cross III DT Notre Dame Seth McLaughlin C Ohio State Rashod Owens WR Oklahoma State Shaquan Loyal SS Rutgers Bralyn Lux CB Texas Tech Kole Taylor TE West Virginia

Draft trades

1. The Bengals traded a seventh-round selection (233rd overall) to the Chicago Bears in exchange for RB Khalil Herbert.^[33]

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 Assistant general manager – Trey Brown Assistant general manager – Mike Potts Assistant general manager – Steven Radicivec Director of football research - Sam Francis 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 Defensive assistant - Mike Moon 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  4 Desmond Ridder 10 Payton Thorne Running backs (RB) 32 Gary Brightwell 25 Tahj Brooks 30 Chase Brown 40 Quali Conley 36 Kendall Milton 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 16 Jamoi Mayes 14 Jordan Moore 12 Rashod Owens 19 Kendric Pryor 82 Mitchell Tinsley 18 Isaiah Williams Tight ends (TE) 83 Erick All 86 Noah Fant 88 Mike Gesicki 85 Cam Grandy 87 Tanner Hudson 84 Tanner McLachlan 89 Drew Sample

Offensive linemen (OL) 75 Orlando Brown T 76 Devin Cochran T 79 Andrew Coker T 77 Caleb Etienne T 63 Dylan Fairchild G 61 Cody Ford G 64 Ted Karras C 60 Jaxson Kirkland G 65 Matt Lee C 68 Seth McLaughlin C 71 Amarius Mims T 62 Lucas Patrick G 66 Andrew Raym C 74 Jalen Rivers T 73 Andrew Stueber T 67 Cordell Volson G Defensive linemen (DL) 72 McTelvin Agim DT 70 Taven Bryan DT 95 Howard Cross III DT 94 Eric Gregory DT 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 98 Tedarrell Slaton DT 97 Shemar Stewart DE 51 Isaiah Thomas DE

Linebackers (LB) 42 Oren Burks OLB 49 Barrett Carter OLB 53 Joe Giles-Harris OLB 50 Shaka Heyward MLB 44 Demetrius Knight MLB 45 Maema Njongmeta MLB 55 Logan Wilson OLB 59 Craig Young OLB Defensive backs (DB) 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 SS 47 Shaquan Loyal SS 21 Bralyn Lux CB 28 Josh Newton CB 39 Lance Robinson CB 22 Geno Stone FS 29 Cam Taylor-Britt CB 20 DJ Turner CB 24 Marco Wilson CB Special teams (ST) 48 Cal Adomitis LS  2 Evan McPherson K  8 Ryan Rehkow P 46 William Wagner LS

90 active As of August 4, 2025. Rookies in italics. Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

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

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Network	Recap
1	August 7	7:30 p.m.	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 27–34	0–1	Lincoln Financial Field	FOX19	Recap
2	August 18	8:00 p.m.	at Washington Commanders			Northwest Stadium	ESPN
3	August 23	1:00 p.m.	Indianapolis Colts			Paycor Stadium	FOX19

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Network	Recap
1	September 7	1:00 p.m.	at Cleveland Browns			Huntington Bank Field	Fox
2	September 14	1:00 p.m.	Jacksonville Jaguars			Paycor Stadium	CBS
3	September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Minnesota Vikings			U.S. Bank Stadium	CBS
4	September 29	8:15 p.m.	at Denver Broncos			Empower Field at Mile High	ABC
5	October 5	4:25 p.m.	Detroit Lions			Paycor Stadium	Fox
6	October 12	4:25 p.m.	at Green Bay Packers			Lambeau Field	CBS
7	October 16	8:15 p.m.	Pittsburgh Steelers			Paycor Stadium	Prime Video
8	October 26	1:00 p.m.	New York Jets			Paycor Stadium	CBS
9	November 2	1:00 p.m.	Chicago Bears			Paycor Stadium	CBS
10	Bye
11	November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh Steelers			Acrisure Stadium	CBS
12	November 23	1:00 p.m.	New England Patriots			Paycor Stadium	CBS
13	November 27	8:15 p.m.	at Baltimore Ravens			M&T Bank Stadium	NBC
14	December 7	4:25 p.m.	at Buffalo Bills			Highmark Stadium	Fox
15	December 14	1:00 p.m.	Baltimore Ravens			Paycor Stadium	CBS
16	December 21	8:20 p.m.	at Miami Dolphins			Hard Rock Stadium	NBC
17	December 27/28	TBD	Arizona Cardinals			Paycor Stadium	TBD
18	January 3/4	1:00 p.m.	Cleveland Browns			Paycor Stadium	TBD

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 and dates from Weeks 12–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.^[35]
• The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized at a later date.
• The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.^[35]