Bengals Free Agency Tracker: Signings, additions, releases, and everything else to know
It seems like every offseason the Cincinnati Bengals enter now is the most important in franchise history. That trend is not dying this year.Cincinnati needs to pony up the money for their best players not named Joe Burrow. The front office is preparing to sign core pieces Ja'Marr Chase and Trey Hendrickson to sizable extensions, […]
It seems like every offseason the Cincinnati Bengals enter now is the most important in franchise history. That trend is not dying this year.
Cincinnati needs to pony up the money for their best players not named Joe Burrow. The front office is preparing to sign core pieces Ja'Marr Chase and Trey Hendrickson to sizable extensions, and have a few big-name free agents of their own to retain before other teams get the chance at signing them away.
Things can happen faster than you can keep track of this time of year, and the fate of the club can change just as quick. Make sure to bookmark this page as it will be updated for the next several weeks when new signings, releases, trades, and everything else occurs.
Bengals' updated salary cap space
The Bengals currently have $31,932,299 in cap space. This is calculated by subtracting the sum of the top-51 cap hits on the roster plus non-active roster cap hits in the form of "dead money" from the team's projected adjusted cap ceiling. The NFL announced the unadjusted cap will be $279.2 million this year, making the Bengals' adjusted cap $286,444,571.
Cincinnati's cap space will fluctuate throughout the offseason as the team adds and subtracts more players.
Extensions
- TE Cam Grandy (one year, $980,000)
- P Ryan Rehkow (two years, $2,035,000
- LS Cal Adomitis (one year, $1,100,000)
- G Jaxson Kirkland (one year, $960,000)
- TE Tanner Hudson (one year, $1,255,000)
- TE Mike Gesicki (three years, $25,500,000)
- G Cody Ford (two years, $6,000,000)
- DT B.J. Hill (three years, $33,000,000)
- CB Marco Wilson (one year, $1,520,000)
- WR Ja'Marr Chase (four years, $161,000,000)
Re-signings
- DE Cam Sample (one year, $1,600,000)
- DE Joseph Ossai (one year, $7,000,000)
- WR Tee Higgins (four years, $115,000,000)
- LB Joe Giles-Harris (one year, $1,100,000)
- QB Logan Woodside (one year, $1,170,000)
New signings
- RB Samaje Perine (two years, $3,600,000)
- DT T.J. Slaton (two years, $14,100,000)
- LB Oren Burks (two years, $5,000,000)
- G Lucas Patrick (one year, $2,100,000)
Reworked deals
- RB Zack Moss (one year, $1,700,000)
- S Geno Stone (one year, $4,900,000)
- G Cordell Volson (one year, $2,600,000)
Players leaving
- LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (two years, $10,000,000 to Arizona Cardinals)
- RB Khalil Herbert (one year, $1,337,500 to Indianapolis Colts)
- DT Jay Tufele (one year, $1,170,000 to New York Jets)
- OT Trent Brown (one year, $2,350,000 to Houston Texans)
- LB Joe Bachie (one year, $1,170,000 to Indianapolis Colts)
- RB Trayveon Williams (one year, TBA to New England Patriots)
Releases
- DT Sheldon Rankins (frees up $9,617,647 in cap, $10,500,00 in cash)
- G Alex Cappa (frees up $8,000,000 in cap and cash)
- LB Germaine Pratt (frees up $5,600,000 in cap and cash)
Retirements
- DE Sam Hubbard (frees up $9,511,765 in cap, $9,600,000 in cash)
Remaining free agents
- S Vonn Bell
- RB Chris Evans
- CB Mike Hilton
- OT D'Ante Smith
- K Cade York
