AFC North

Cincinnati Bengals

2-5 · 3rd in the AFC North · GM: immaking2010

2026 cap

$303.5M

incl. $2.3M rollover

Active spending

$295.7M

53 active players

Dead money

$7.5M

Cap space

$332K

2027 committed

$301.8M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$246.7M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: EDGE 3 of 6, LB 4 of 6.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Jalen Hurts	$20.0M	$30.0M	$43.0M	—	—	$11.0M
QB	Tanner McKee	$1.3M	$1.5M	—	—	$1.1M	$1.3M
QB	Drew Allar	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	−$49K
QB	Joe Milton	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$991K
RB	Kyren Williams	$14.3M	—	—	—	$14.3M	$0
RB	Zach Charbonnet	$2.3M	—	—	—	—	$1.7M
RB	Jaylen Wright	$1.6M	$1.8M	—	—	—	$1.1M
RB	Nick Singleton	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	−$12K
RB	LeQuint Allen Jr	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$792K
WR	Terry McLaurin	$41.9M	$49.9M	$11.9M	—	$21.0M	−$56.8M
WR	Carnell Tate	$7.6M	$9.5M	$11.4M	$13.3M	$885K	−$34.3M
WR	Xavier Legette	$2.2M	$2.6M	—	—	$1.2M	−$361K
WR	Tre' Harris	$1.6M	$2.0M	$946K	—	$1.2M	−$1.5M
WR	Britain Covey	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
WR	Amon-Ra St. Brown	$1.2M	$36.5M	$36.5M	—	$1.2M	−$17.0M
WR	Ronnie Bell	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
WR	Bryce Ford-Wheaton	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
WR	Deion Burks	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	−$35K
WR	Trebor Pena IR	$885K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$450K	−$715K
TE	Cole Kmet	$10.0M	$13.0M	$19.0M	—	$8.0M	−$3.0M
TE	Grant Calcaterra	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
TE	Drew Sample	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
OL	Mike Onwenu	$15.3M	—	—	—	—	$8.8M
OL	Paris Johnson Jr	$4.8M	$19.1M	—	—	$2.3M	$0
OL	Francis Mauigoa	$4.3M	$5.4M	$6.5M	$7.6M	$885K	−$19.4M
OL	Jackson Powers-Johnson	$3.4M	$4.0M	—	—	$1.9M	−$4.0M
OL	Josh Conerly Jr	$2.4M	$2.9M	$3.3M	—	$1.3M	−$5.3M
OL	Caleb Lomu	$2.1M	$2.6M	$3.1M	$3.6M	$885K	−$9.3M
OL	Anthony Belton	$1.4M	$1.7M	$2.0M	—	—	$523K
OL	Tylan Grable	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.1M
Defense
IDL	Moro Ojomo	$3.7M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
IDL	T.J. Sanders	$1.6M	$2.0M	$2.3M	—	$1.2M	−$1.3M
IDL	Javon Kinlaw	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
EDGE	Will Anderson Jr	$13.2M	$28.3M	$46.4M	$46.4M	$1.1M	−$93.0M
EDGE	Jalon Walker	$5.1M	$6.2M	$7.2M	—	$1.0M	−$13.3M
EDGE	Derek Barnett	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
EDGE	Patrick Payton IR	$925K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$766K
LB	Tremaine Edmunds	$37.7M	$28.6M	—	—	$21.0M	−$28.6M
LB	Devin Lloyd	$14.8M	—	—	—	$14.8M	$0
LB	Ronnie Harrison Jr	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
LB	Aiden Fisher	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	$293K
CB	Patrick Surtain II	$27.0M	$25.0M	$25.0M	—	$25.0M	−$4.0M
CB	Cam Smith IR	$4.0M	—	—	—	$2.5M	$0
CB	Emmanuel Forbes Jr	$2.8M	—	—	—	$813K	$1.1M
CB	Benjamin Morrison	$2.2M	$2.6M	$3.1M	—	$1.3M	−$4.1M
CB	T.J. Tampa	$2.1M	$2.5M	—	—	$897K	−$7K
CB	Nahshon Wright	$1.6M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
CB	Ambry Thomas	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
S	Caleb Downs	$8.7M	$10.9M	$13.0M	$15.2M	$885K	−$39.1M
S	Jordan Battle	$4.0M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
S	Marcus Epps	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
S	Damar Hamlin	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
S	Malachi Moore	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$793K
S	Ike Larsen IR	$885K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$1.9M
Special teams
K	Riley Patterson	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
P	Cameron Johnston	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
LS	Aaron Brewer	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0

Cut savings: cap space freed this year by releasing the player (negative means releasing him costs space).

Dead money

RBDavid Montgomery$5.0M
CBJabbar Muhammad$2.2M
WRParker Washington$166K
WRBru McCoy$50K

Draft picks

2027 1st round
2027 1st round from GB
2027 1st round from KC
2027 2nd round from BUF
2027 3rd round from KC
2027 7th round
2027 7th round from NO
2028 1st round
2028 3rd round from MIN
2028 4th round from BUF
2028 4th round from CHI
2028 4th round
2028 6th round
2028 7th round
2028 7th round from IND
2029 1st round
2029 2nd round
2029 3rd round
2029 4th round
2029 5th round
2029 6th round
2029 7th round

Schedule