As a result, the Bengals can now focus on football as Week 1 approaches. They have issues on defense, but they do have one of the game's deadliest trios on offense with quarterback Joe Burrow and wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins in the fold and signed to extensions of their own.

Brown was released by the Vikings on Monday. The rookie played at both left and right tackle for the Vikings this preseason. He didn't give up a sack, but did allow three pressures in 105 snaps. He was also called for two penalties.

The Cincinnati Bengals will work through the NFL waiver wire order and free agency in the wake of making final cuts . Those Bengals aren’t done tweaking the roster, that much they made clear with the initial 53-man roster by the sheer number of players they kept at certain positions, but not others.

On Monday, they put an end to their last remaining piece of contract drama by giving Trey Hendrickson a reworked one-year deal worth $30 million. In total, the Bengals agreed to deals totaling $306 million with three of their cornerstones over the course of five months.

CINCINNATI — The Bengals are placing safety Daijahn Anthony on injured reserve to start the 2025 NFL season. Anthony suffered a hamstring injury in Saturday's preseason finale against the Indianapolis Colts.

Kendric Pryor appeared in one regular-season game in 2024 for the Bengals. He made one reception for nine yards.

Before then, all NFL teams must trim their rosters from 90 players down to 53 by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. For the Bengals, that meant parting ways with third-string quarterback Desmond Ridder, whom they signed in July to a one-year, $1.1 million deal.

NFL teams must reduce their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Follow along here for the latest updates.