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The Bengals have released their initial 53-man roster. With hundreds of players being dumped into the waiver wire, Cincinnati could bring in players who were formerly on other teams and in doing so, lose a few of the players on the roster as of 4:00 p.m. today. There is no final roster, just a current roster. And today marks the first of many revisions with the maximum maintained at 53. Here is our complete list of players and what happened to those who were released.
| QUARTERBACK (2) | DEFENSIVE END (5) |
| Andy Dalton | Carlos Dunlap |
| AJ McCarron | Michael Johnson |
| Wallace Gilberry | |
| RUNNING BACK (5) | Will Clarke |
| Jeremy Hill | Margus Hunt |
| Giovani Bernard | |
| Cedric Peerman | DEFENSIVE TACKLE (5) |
| Rex Burkhead | Geno Atkins |
| Ryan Hewitt (HB) | Domata Peko |
| Brandon Thompson | |
| WIDE RECEIVER (6) | Pat Sims |
| A.J. Green | Marcus Hardison |
| Marvin Jones | |
| Mohamed Sanu | LINEBACKERS (6) |
| Brandon Tate | Rey Maualuga |
| Greg Little | Vincent Rey |
| Mario Alford | A.J. Hawk |
| Emmanuel Lamur | |
| TIGHT END (3) | P.J. Dawson |
| Tyler Eifert | Chris Carter |
| Tyler Kroft | |
| C.J. Uzomah | CORNERBACK (6) |
| Adam Jones | |
| OFFENSIVE TACKLE (4) | Dre Kirkpatrick |
| Andrew Whitworth | Leon Hall |
| Andre Smith | Darqueze Dennard |
| Jake Fisher (OT-OG) | Josh Shaw |
| Eric Winston (OT-OG) | Chris Lewis Harris |
| OFFENSIVE GUARD (2) | SAFETY (4) |
| Kevin Zeitler | George Iloka |
| Clint Boling | Reggie Nelson |
| Shawn Williams | |
| CENTER (2) | Derron Smith |
| Russell Bodine | |
| T.J. Johnson | SPECIAL TEAMS (3) |
| Mike Nugent | |
| Kevin Huber | |
| Clark Harris |
Injure Reserve (IR)
- WR James Wright (knee)
- WR Onterio McCalebb (leg)
- FB Mark Weisman (unknown)
- LB Marquis Flowers (shoulder)LB Jayson Dimanche (knee)
Physically Unable to Perform (PUP)
- LB Sean Porter (knee)
Non-Football Injury (NFI)
- OT Cedric Ogbuehi (knee)
Released
- CB Brandon Ghee
- S Shiloh Keo
Waived
- DT Devon Still
- QB Keith Wenning
- WR Jake Kumerow
- WR Michael Bennett
- G Dan France
- CB Troy Hill
- G Trey Hopkins
- TE Matt Lengel
- K Tom Obarski
- OT Matthew O'Donnell
- S Floyd Raven Sr.
- LB Trevor Roach
- C Jake Smith
- HB Terrell Watson
- HB James Wilder Jr.
- DT DeShawn Williams
All players waived with the exception of Devon Still have the chance to be signed to the Bengals' practice squad tomorrow.
Waived/Released in cut down to 75
- WR Denarius Moore
- LB Nico Johnson
- TE John Peters
- DL Kwame Geathers
- WR Desmond Lawrence
- WR Tevin Reese
- OL Chris Jasperse
- DE Sam Montgomery