2024 Cincinnati Bengals season

57th season in franchise history

The 2024 season is the Cincinnati Bengals' 55th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 57th overall and their sixth under head coach Zac Taylor. They will attempt to improve on their 9–8 record from last year and make the playoffs after a one-year absence.

Offseason

Free agents

As of June 17, 2024[1]

Unrestricted

Position Player 2024 Team Date signed Contract
CB Chidobe Awuzie Tennessee Titans March 11[2] 3 years, $36 million[3]
LB Joe Bachie Cincinnati Bengals April 15[4] 1 year, $1.275 million
LB Markus Bailey Arizona Cardinals May 7[5] 1 year, $1.275 million
WR Tyler Boyd Tennessee Titans May 7[6] 1 year, $4.5 million
LB Akeem Davis-Gaither Cincinnati Bengals March 11[7] 1 year, $2.742 million[8]
G Cody Ford Cincinnati Bengals March 9[9] 1 year, $1.35 million
WR Tee Higgins Cincinnati Bengals June 17[10] 1 year, $21.8 million (Franchise Tag)
QB A.J. McCarron
DT D.J. Reader Detroit Lions March 14[11] 2 years, $22 million
TE Drew Sample Cincinnati Bengals March 11[12] 3 years, $10.5 million
G Max Scharping Philadelphia Eagles June 3[13] 1 year
TE Irv Smith Jr. Kansas City Chiefs March 12[14] 1 year, $1.292 million
DT Josh Tupou Baltimore Ravens May 28[15] 1 year, $1.275 million
T Jonah Williams Arizona Cardinals March 13[16] 2 years, $30 million
RB Trayveon Williams Cincinnati Bengals March 11[17] 1 year, $1.292 million

Restricted

Position Player 2024 Team Date signed Contract
TE Tanner Hudson Cincinnati Bengals March 15[18] 1 year, $1.292 million
WR Trenton Irwin Cincinnati Bengals March 15[19] 1 year, $2 million
TE Mitchell Wilcox New England Patriots April 22[20] 1 year, $1.075 million

Exclusive-Rights

Position Player 2024 Team Date signed Contract
LS Cal Adomitis Cincinnati Bengals April 15[4] 1 year, $985K
QB Jake Browning Cincinnati Bengals April 23[21] 2 years

Signings

Position Player 2023 Team Date signed Contract
S Geno Stone Baltimore Ravens March 11[22] 2 years, $14 million
RB Zack Moss Indianapolis Colts March 11[23] 2 years, $8 million[24]
TE Mike Gesicki New England Patriots March 12[25] 1 year, $2.25 million
DT Sheldon Rankins Houston Texans March 13[26] 2 years, $24.5 million
S Vonn Bell Carolina Panthers March 14 [27] 1 year, $6 million
OT Trent Brown New England Patriots March 19[28] 1 year, $4.75 million
QB Logan Woodside Atlanta Falcons April 23[21] 1 year, $1.125 million

Releases

Position Player Date released 2024 Team Date signed Contract
S Nick Scott March 13[29] Carolina Panthers March 22[30] 1 year, $1.292 million

Trades

Draft

2024 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
1 18 Amarius Mims OT Georgia
2 49 Kris Jenkins DT Michigan
3 80 Jermaine Burton WR Alabama
3* 97 McKinnley Jackson DT Texas A&M
4 115 Erick All TE Iowa
5 149 Josh Newton CB TCU
6 194 Tanner McLachlan TE Arizona
6* 214 Cedric Johnson DE Mississippi
7 224 Daijahn Anthony S Mississippi
7 237 Matt Lee C Miami

Notes

  • Pick 97 and 214 were compensatory draft picks.
  • Pick 224 was acquired as part of Joe Mixon trade from Houston Texans.
2024 Cincinnati Bengals undrafted free agents
Name Position College Ref.
Justin Blazek DE UW–Platteville [32][33]
Cole Burgess WR Cortland
Noah Cain RB LSU
Aaron Casey LB Indiana
Elijah Collins RB Oklahoma State
Michael Dowell S Miami (OH)
Cam Grandy TE Illinois State
P. J. Jules S Southern Illinois
Rocky Lombardi QB Northern Illinois
Austin McNamara P Texas Tech
Eric Miller OT Louisville
Tre Mosley WR Michigan State
Maema Njongmeta LB Wisconsin
Lance Robinson CB Tulane

Staff

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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/run game coordinator – Frank Pollack
  • Assistant offensive line – Derek Frazier
  • Offensive assistant – Jordan Salkin
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Ben Jacobs
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

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Current roster

Cincinnati Bengals roster
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Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 25 Chris Evans RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 38 D. J. Ivey CB (PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
  • 93 McKinnley Jackson DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 99 Myles Murphy DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 10 Brad Robbins P (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 39 Lance Robinson CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 96 Cameron Sample DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 70 D'Ante Smith T (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Practice squad


Rookies in italics

Roster updated September 20, 2024

  • Depth chart
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53 active, 8 inactive, 16 practice squad

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Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 14–17 0–1 Paycor Stadium Recap
2 August 17 at Chicago Bears L 3–27 0–2 Soldier Field Recap
3 August 22 Indianapolis Colts L 14–27 0–3 Paycor Stadium Recap

Game summaries

Preseason Week 1: vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Preseason Week 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Buccaneers 7 0 3717
Bengals 7 0 0714

at Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: August 10
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
  • TV announcers (WXIX): Mike Watts (play-by-play), Anthony Munoz (color analyst), and Marisa Contipelli (sideline reporter)

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Time (ET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV Recap
1 September 8 1:00 p.m. New England Patriots L 10–16 0–1 Paycor Stadium CBS Recap
2 September 15 4:25 p.m. at Kansas City Chiefs L 25–26 0–2 Arrowhead Stadium CBS Recap
3 September 23 8:15 p.m. Washington Commanders Paycor Stadium ABC
4 September 29 1:00 p.m. at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium Fox
5 October 6 1:00 p.m. Baltimore Ravens Paycor Stadium CBS
6 October 13 8:20 p.m. at New York Giants MetLife Stadium NBC
7 October 20 1:00 p.m. at Cleveland Browns Huntington Bank Field CBS
8 October 27 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles Paycor Stadium CBS
9 November 3 1:00 p.m. Las Vegas Raiders Paycor Stadium Fox
10 November 7 8:15 p.m. at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium Prime Video
11 November 17 4:25 p.m. at Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium CBS
12 Bye
13 December 1 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers Paycor Stadium CBS
14 December 9 8:15 p.m. at Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium ESPN/ABC
15 December 15 1:00 p.m. at Tennessee Titans Nissan Stadium Fox
16 December 19 8:15 p.m. Cleveland Browns Paycor Stadium Prime Video
17 December 28/29 TBD Denver Broncos Paycor Stadium TBD
18 January 4/5 TBD at Pittsburgh Steelers Acrisure Stadium TBD

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 5–16 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
  • The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized at a later date.
  • The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. New England Patriots

Week 1: New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Patriots 0 10 3316
Bengals 0 0 7310

at Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: September 8
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Sunny, 66 °F (19 °C)
  • Game attendance: 66,214
  • Referee: Land Clark
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, and Evan Washburn
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

First quarter

  • No scoring plays

Second quarter

  • NE – Rhamondre Stevenson 3-yard run (Joey Slye kick), 14:58. Patriots 7–0. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 7:20.
  • NE – Joey Slye 32-yard field goal, 0:00. Patriots 10–0. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards, 5:09.

Third quarter

  • NE – Joey Slye 35-yard field goal, 11:34. Patriots 13–0. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards, 2:08.
  • CIN – Zack Moss 5-yard run (Evan McPherson kick), 1:10. Patriots 13–7. Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 4:27.

Fourth quarter

  • NE – Joey Slye 37-yard field goal, 8:46. Patriots 16–7. Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards, 7:24.
  • CIN – Evan McPherson 51-yard field goal, 6:14. Patriots 16–10. Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards, 2:32.

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 2: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bengals 3 13 6325
Chiefs 3 7 7926

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: September 15
  • Game time: 4:25 p.m. EDT/3:25 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 89 °F (32 °C)
  • Game attendance: 73,558
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

First quarter

  • CIN – Evan McPherson 22-yard field goal, 10:41. Bengals 3–0. Drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 4:19.
  • KC – Harrison Butker 19-yard field goal, 2:11. Tied 3–3. Drive: 16 plays, 69 yards, 8:30.

Second quarter

  • CIN – Andrei Iosivas 4-yard pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick), 12:04. Bengals 10–3. Drive: 7 plays, 31 yards, 3:15.
  • KC – Rashee Rice 44-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick), 8:50. Tied 10–10. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 3:14.
  • CIN – Evan McPherson 33-yard field goal, 4:19. Bengals 13–10. Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 4:31.
  • CIN – Evan McPherson 48-yard field goal, 1:33. Bengals 16–10. Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 1:28.

Third quarter

  • KC – Wanya Morris 1-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick), 8:21. Chiefs 17–16. Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 6:39.
  • CIN – Andrei Iosivas 3-yard pass from Joe Burrow (kick failed), 2:16. Bengals 22–17. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 6:05.

Fourth quarter

  • KC – Chamarri Conner 38-yard fumble recovery for touchdown (2-pt Conversion No Good), 14:40. Chiefs 23–22. Drive: 3 plays, 0 yards, 0:20.
  • CIN – Evan McPherson 53-yard field goal, 9:28. Bengals 25–23. Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, 5:12.
  • KC – Harrison Butker 51-yard field goal, 0:00. Chiefs 26–25. Drive: 9 plays, 43 yards, 2:35.

Top passers

  • CIN – Joe Burrow – 23/36, 258 yards, 2 TD
  • KC – Patrick Mahomes – 18/25, 151 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

Top receivers

  • CIN – Mike Gesicki – 7 receptions, 91 yards
  • KC – Rashee Rice – 5 receptions, 75 yards, TD

Week 3: vs. Washington Commanders

Week 3: Washington Commanders at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Commanders 0 0 000
Bengals 0 0 000

at Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Standings

Division

AFC North
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 0 0 1.000 0–0 1–0 31 16 W2
Cleveland Browns 1 1 0 .500 0–0 1–0 35 46 W1
Cincinnati Bengals 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–2 35 42 L2
Baltimore Ravens 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–2 43 53 L2

Conference

AFC
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# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Buffalo Bills East 2 0 0 1.000 1–0 1–0 .500 .500 W2
2 Los Angeles Chargers West 2 0 0 1.000 1–0 1–0 .250 .250 W2
3 Houston Texans South 2 0 0 1.000 1–0 1–0 .250 .250 W2
4 Pittsburgh Steelers North 2 0 0 1.000 0–0 1–0 .250 .250 W2
Wild cards
5 Kansas City Chiefs West 2 0 0 1.000 0–0 2–0 .000 .000 W2
6 New York Jets East 2 1 0 .667 1–0 2–0 .250 .000 W2
7 Cleveland Browns North 1 1 0 .500 0–0 1–0 .250 .000 W1
In the hunt
8 Las Vegas Raiders West 1 1 0 .500 0–1 1–1 .500 .000 W1
9 Miami Dolphins East 1 1 0 .500 0–1 1–1 .500 .000 L1
10 New England Patriots East 1 2 0 .333 0–0 1–1 .500 .000 L2
11 Denver Broncos West 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–1 1.000 .000 L2
12 Indianapolis Colts South 0 2 0 .000 0–1 0–1 .750 .000 L2
13 Cincinnati Bengals North 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–2 .750 .000 L2
14 Baltimore Ravens North 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–2 .750 .000 L2
15 Jacksonville Jaguars South 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–2 .500 .000 L2
16 Tennessee Titans South 0 2 0 .000 0–0 0–1 .500 .000 L2
Tiebreakers[a]
  1. ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.
Legend
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
y — Clinched division
z — Clinched first-round bye and home-field advantage

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