Fake Game 3: Colts @ Bengals | Cutdown Thread

[HoosierCat]

Daijahn Anthony getting stashed on IR for at least September.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-injuries/173187/daijahn-anthony-ir

[HoosierCat]

McLaughlin out. imo will almost certainlymake the PS if he gets through waivers. Not sure any team is going to give an active roster spot to a guy still working back from injury but who knows.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-news/173165/seth-mclaughlin-injury-ohio-state-alabama

Njongmeta cut.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-news/173210/maema-njongmeta-waived

Bummer. Hope he makes the PS.

[HoosierCat]

Scrolling through bengals twitter for the first time in forver. Per the rumor mill, OT Devin Cohran in getting the axe. Ditto OT Andrew Coker.

TE Cam Grandy making the final 53 for now.

[ArmyBengal]

Put me in the camp that thinks Grandy making it only makes him the first cut with any new additions.

[HoosierCat]

Multiple twitter reports saying PJ Jules has made the roster, at least for now.

CB Brayln Lux waived.

[HoosierCat]

Isaiah Williams out. Looks like Tinsley snagged the last WR spot.

[HoosierCat]

Travis Kelce has agreed to become Mr. Taylor Swift. Please update your files accordingly.

[Stripes]

12 minutes ago, HoosierCat said:

Travis Kelce has agreed to become Mr. Taylor Swift. Please update your files accordingly.

I just called my pastor weeping. He was also weeping when he picked up.

[ArmyBengal]

Ugh, that saga will continue until he retires now.
Note to self, don't watch Chiefs games.

[HoosierCat]

Adomitis cut. Wagner wins at LS.

[Stripes]

19 minutes ago, HoosierCat said:

Adomitis cut. Wagner wins at LS.

That's a bit surprising. I'm fine with it though. I thought Adomitis was a bigger problem than McPherson last year.

[Stripes]

The Ravens cut CB Armour-Davis. I think he might be worth a flier for the back-end CB room and a little Baltimore intel.

[HoosierCat]

Final cuts, full list.

https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-reduce-final-roster-53-2025-season

The Bengals today made the following player moves to reach the NFL roster limit of 53:

*Placed two players on the Reserve/Injured list:

--S Daijahn Anthony (hamstring; designated for return)

--DE Cedric Johnson (calf; designated for return)

*Placed one player on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list:

--TE Erick All Jr. (knee)

*Terminated the contracts of three vested veterans (NOTE: These players are released to free agency and thus free to sign with another team or to re-sign with the Bengals):

--HB Gary Brightwell

--CB Jalen Davis

--LB Joe Giles-Harris

*Waived 19 players:

--LS Cal Adomitis

--OT Devin Cochran

--OT Andrew Coker

--OT Caleb Etienne (Waived/Injured)

--DE Raymond Johnson III

--S Jaylen Key

--G Jaxson Kirkland

--CB Bralyn Lux

--WR Jamoi Mayes

--TE Tanner McLachlan (Waived/Injured)

--C Seth McLaughlin

--HB Kendall Milton

--WR Jordan Moore

--LB Maema Njongmeta

--WR Kendric Pryor

--QB Desmond Ridder

--DE Isaiah Thomas

--G Cordell Volson (Waived/Injured)

--WR Isaiah Williams

 

[ArmyBengal]

None of that is surprising to me.

Bring on week 1.

[HoosierCat]

Final 53 for now.

https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-final-53-man-2025-roster-cutdown-retain-flexibility

[AMPHAR]

Keeping 8 on the OL is a shock, IMO.   Cochran? did not see that coming and had him squarely in as swing tackle.   My guess there is some sort of addition coming.  Not that I count every year but 8 total OL seems rare.   

[HoosierCat]

Cochran could be back on the PS. But yeah I think a waiver claim or maybe Risner is incoming on the OL. Hard to see them going into the season with just 8.

[COB]

10 hours ago, HoosierCat said:

Travis Kelce has agreed to become Mr. Taylor Swift. Please update your files accordingly.

See how playing in the nfl can give you brain damage?

[COB]

Volson goes from starter to getting cut.  

[HoosierCat]

7 hours ago, COB said:

Volson goes from starter to getting cut.  

If he isn’t claimed he automatically reverts to IR, so that’s most likely just roster juggling.

[gregcook69]

Some good stats in here concerning Burrow and what all the ‘negative’ he’s had to deal with and was still able to overcome and finish top tier.

As far as crediting his success to Chase and Higgins, it was nice to see his scoring drive with the second team receivers against the Commanders.

Also the Bengals went 3-1 in 2022 with Chase out with injuries.

I had no clue the Chiefs OL was banged up in the SBs against Tampa and the Eagles!   Very telling.

https://stripehype.com/joe-burrow-claims-hes-best-qb-on-planet-these-stats-totally-back-him-up?utm_source=gol

[HoosierCat]

Taxi squad:

Signed the following 13 players to the practice squad (all were with the Bengals during training camp):

--HB Gary Brightwell

--OT Devin Cochran

--OT Andrew Coker

--CB Jalen Davis

--LB Joe Giles-Harris

--G Jaxson Kirkland

--CB Bralyn Lux

--C Seth McLaughlin

--HB Kendall Milton

--WR Jordan Moore

--LB Maema Njongmeta

--DE Isaiah Thomas

--WR Isaiah Williams

*Also signed QB Brett Rypien to the practice squad. Rypien (6-2, 200), a sixth-year player out of Boise State University, originally was a college free agent signee of Denver in 2019. He has played in 10 career games with four starts for the Broncos (2020-22) and L.A. Rams ('23), and completed 98 of 168 passes for 950 yards and four TDs with nine INTs. He also spent time on Seattle's practice squad and the N.Y. Jets' active roster during the 2023 season, then spent the entire '24 campaign on Minnesota's practice squad.

The Bengals' practice squad currently is two spots shy of the 16-player limit.

In addition, the following three players, who each were waived/injured by the Bengals yesterday, cleared waivers today and reverted to the team's Reserve/Injured list:

--OT Caleb Etienne

--TE Tanner McLachlan

--G Cordell Volson

[HoosierCat]

Waiver claims. If the Bengals put any in, they got jumped by some team in front of them. Didn’t lose anyone to a claim, tho.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-nfl-waiver-claims-tracker-titans-claim-four-players-including-jalyn-armour-davis-from-ravens/

[HoosierCat]

I guess league minimum turned out to be enough. They signed Risner.

[AMPHAR]

Dalton from the Double Deuce signed.   So there will have to be a corresponding release.