2025 Cincinnati Bengals season

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2025 Cincinnati Bengals season
Owner Mike Brown
Head coach Zac Taylor
Home field Paycor Stadium

The 2025 season will be the Cincinnati Bengals' 56th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 58th overall and their seventh under head coach Zac Taylor.

Contents

Draft

2025 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollege
1 17
249
381
4TBD
5TBD
6TBD
7TBD

Notes

Staff

Front office
  • Owner/president – Mike Brown
  • Executive vice president – Katie Blackburn
  • Vice president – Troy Blackburn
  • Vice president of player personnel – Paul Brown Jr.
  • Director of player personnel – Duke Tobin
  • Senior personnel executive – Trey Brown
  • College scouting director – Mike Potts
  • Pro scouting director – Steven Radicivec
Head coach
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Dan Pitcher
  • Passing game coordinator – Justin Rascati
  • Quarterbacks – Brad Kragthorpe
  • Assistant quarterbacks – Fredi Knighten
  • Running backs – Justin Hill
  • Wide receivers – Troy Walters
  • Tight ends – James Casey
  • Offensive line – Vacant
  • Assistant offensive line – Derek Frazier
  • Offensive assistant – Jordan Salkin
 
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Vacant
  • Defensive line – Vacant
  • Linebackers – Vacant
  • Secondary/cornerbacks – Charles Burks
  • Secondary/safeties – Jordan Kovacs
  • Senior defensive assistant – Mark Duffner
  • Defensive quality control – Louie Cioffi
  • Defensive assistant – Ronnie Regula
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Joey Boese
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Todd Hunt
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Garrett Swanson
Football operations
  • Chief of coaching staff – Doug Rosfeld
  • Consultant – Jim McNally

Coaching staff
Front office
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Current roster

Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


As of January 3, 2025. Rookies in italics.

53 active, 14 reserve, 15 practice squad

Preseason

The Bengals' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Bengals' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring. [1]

CategoryHomeAway
Division opponents
(AFC North)
Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents
(AFC East)
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
Conference opponents
(based on 2024 division placement)
Jacksonville Jaguars Denver Broncos
Interconference opponents
(NFC North)
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Interconference opponent
(based on 2024 division placement)
Arizona Cardinals

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References

  1. "2025 Opponents Determined". NFL Football Operations. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.