Bengals projected Week 1 depth chart after final 53-man roster cuts
The Cincinnati Bengals have one more big housekeeping item of note to take care of in the wake of making final cuts to formulate the 53-man roster.
Said big thing (if we don’t count a Joe Burrow extension, of course) is putting out an official Week 1 depth chart before the season opener against the Cleveland Browns.
That depth chart the team eventually puts out won’t provide many shockers. We know two rookies won starting jobs during training camp. But other than that, this was a Super Bowl-contending roster that improved depth without shuffling starting jobs much.
Even so, here’s a visual guide projecting the Week 1 depth chart.
Quarterback
Starter: Joe Burrow
Backup: Jake Browning
Running back
Starter: Joe Mixon
Backups: Trayveon Williams, Chris Evans, Chase Brown,
Wide receiver
WR1: Ja’Marr Chase, Trenton Irwin
Slot: Tyler Boyd, Charlie Jones
WR2: Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas
Tight end
Starter: Irv Smith Jr.
Backup: Drew Sample, Mitchell Wilcox
Offensive line
LT: Orlando Brown Jr., D’Ante Smith
C: Ted Karras, Trey Hill
RG: Alex Cappa, Cody Ford
Defensive line
LDE: Sam Hubbard, Cam Sample, Myles Murphy
3T: B.J. Hill, Zach Carter
NT: D.J. Reader, Josh Tupou (5T), Jay Tufele
RDE: Trey Hendrickson, Joseph Ossai
Linebacker
Cornerback
CB: Chidobe Awuzie, DJ Turner, DJ Ivey
CB: Cam Taylor-Britt
NCB: Mike Hilton, Jalen Davis
Safety
S: Dax Hill, Tycen Anderson
Special Teams
P: Brad Robbins
LS: Cal Adomitis
KR: Chris Evans, Charlie Jones, Trayveon Williams
PR: Charlie Jones, Trenton Irwin
