2025 Cincinnati Bengals season

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

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

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft

2025 Cincinnati Bengals Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	17
2	49
3	81
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Staff

Cincinnati Bengals staff

	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 Tight ends – James Casey Offensive line – Scott Peters Assistant offensive line – Michael McCarthy Offensive assistant – Jordan Salkin			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Al Golden Defensive line/run game coordinator – Jerry Montgomery Linebackers – Michael Hodges Secondary/cornerbacks – Charles Burks Secondary/safeties – Jordan Kovacs 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

Quarterbacks (QB)  6 Jake Browning  9 Joe Burrow Running backs (RB) 30 Chase Brown 36 Kendall Milton 31 Zack Moss Wide receivers (WR) 81 Jermaine Burton  1 Ja'Marr Chase 80 Andrei Iosivas 15 Charlie Jones 18 Isaiah Williams Tight ends (TE) 83 Erick All 85 Cam Grandy 84 Tanner McLachlan 89 Drew Sample

Offensive linemen (OL) 75 Orlando Brown LT 65 Alex Cappa RG 76 Devin Cochran LT 64 Ted Karras C 62 Matt Lee C 71 Amarius Mims RT 73 Andrew Stueber RT 67 Cordell Volson RG Defensive linemen (DL) 91 Trey Hendrickson DE 94 Sam Hubbard DE 93 McKinnley Jackson DT 90 Kris Jenkins DT 52 Cedric Johnson DE 99 Myles Murphy DE 98 Sheldon Rankins DT 51 Isaiah Thomas DE

Linebackers (LB) 50 Shaka Heyward MLB 45 Maema Njongmeta MLB 57 Germaine Pratt OLB 55 Logan Wilson OLB Defensive backs (DB) 26 Tycen Anderson FS 33 Daijahn Anthony SS 27 Jordan Battle SS 23 Daxton Hill CB 38 D. J. Ivey CB 28 Josh Newton CB 39 Lance Robinson CB 22 Geno Stone FS 29 Cam Taylor-Britt CB 20 DJ Turner CB Special teams  2 Evan McPherson K

Reserve 40 Micah Abraham CB (Futures) 44 Gary Brightwell RB (Futures) 41 Nate Brooks CB (Futures) 17 Cole Burgess WR (Futures) 79 Andrew Coker RT (Futures) 56 Raymond Johnson DE (Futures) 37 P. J. Jules SS (Futures) 43 Jaylen Key S (Futures) 66 Tashawn Manning G (Futures) 19 Kendric Pryor WR (Futures) 46 Craig Young LB (Futures) Impending free agents (FA) 49 Joe Bachie MLB 24 Vonn Bell SS 77 Trent Brown LT 59 Akeem Davis-Gaither OLB 25 Chris Evans RB 61 Cody Ford G 88 Mike Gesicki TE 34 Khalil Herbert RB  5 Tee Higgins WR 92 B. J. Hill DT 21 Mike Hilton CB 87 Tanner Hudson TE 58 Joseph Ossai DE 96 Cameron Sample DE 70 D'Ante Smith RT 97 Jay Tufele DT 32 Trayveon Williams RB 42 Marco Wilson CB Restricted free agents (RFA) 48 Cal Adomitis LS  3 Cade York K Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA) 60 Jaxson Kirkland G  8 Ryan Rehkow P As of January 21, 2025. Rookies in italics. 45 active, 11 reserve, 22 practice squad Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The Bengals' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Bengals' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.

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	—

External links

• Official website