The Cincinnati Bengals have begun cutting the roster as they work to get down to 53 players before the deadline Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
After wrapping up the preseason with a 27-14 loss against the Indianapolis Colts, they have a few extra days to cut the roster down. However, they started relatively early with several roster moves Friday afternoon.
Keep in mind the different verbiage when a player is let go as well. A released player is a vested veteran— those who have accrued four seasons in the NFL. They immediately become free agents.
A waived player has not accrued four seasons and must go through waivers. All other teams will have a chance to claim waived players on their 53-man roster by 12:00 p.m. ET on Aug. 28. The Bengals are 18th in the waiver order.
Here’s a tracker keeping up with the latest roster cuts for the Bengals before Tuesday's deadline:
Cincinnati Bengals roster cuts tracker
Released
- To be announced
Waived
- WR Hakeem Butler
- RB Noah Cain
- OT Jackson Carman
- DE Andre Carter
- LB Aaron Casey
- S Michael Dowell
- CB Allan George
- WR Kwamie Lassiter II
- QB Rocky Lombardi
- OG Eric Miller
- DT Joshua Pryor
- P Austin McNamara
- WR Tre Mosely
- DT Devonnsha Maxwell
Waived/Injured
- To be announced
Reserve/Injured list
- HB Chris Evans
- OT D'Ante Smith
Traded
- To be announced
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