Bengals Officially Cut Roster Down To 53 Players

The Cincinnati Bengals have officially cut their roster down to 53 players ahead of today’s deadline. 

Roster Cuts:

1. LB Curtis Akins
2. C Kirk Barron
3. S Demetrious Cox
4. LS Dan Godsil
5. CB Tony Lippett
6. DT Dare Odeyingbo
7. DT Christian Ringo (injury settlement)
8. LB Sterling Sheffield
9. DE Immanuel Turner
10. K Tristan Vizcaino
11. G Christian Westerman
12. G John Jerry
13. TE Moritz Böhringer
14. CB Jordan Brown
15. WR Ventell Bryant
16. CB Anthony Chesley
17. WR Cody Core
18. LB Deshaun Davis
19. LB Noah Dawkins
20. HB Jordan Ellis
21. OT Justin Evans
22. HB Quinton Flowers
23. TE Jordan Franks
24. CB Davontae Harris
25. S Trayvon Henderson
26. LB Malik Jefferson
27. S Tyree Kinnel
28. C Brad Lundblade
29. WR Stanley Morgan
30. CB KeiVarae Russell
31. TE Mason Schreck
32. WR Hunter Sharp (injury settlement)
33. G Keaton Sutherland

• Bengals placed RB Rodney Anderson and QB Jeff Driskel on injured reserve. 
• Bengals placed CB Darqueze Dennard and OT Jonah Williams on the PUP list. 
• Bengals placed G Alex Redmond on the suspended list. 

Westerman, 26, is a former fifth-round pick of the Bengals back in 2016. He’s currently in the final year of his four-year, $2.57 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $720,000 for the 2019 season.

Westerman briefly left the Bengals this summer after mulling retirement. 

In 2018, Westerman appeared in 14 games for the Bengals, but did not start in any of the contests.

Lippett, 26, is a former fifth-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2015. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $2,494,764 contract and was set to earn a base salary of $705,000 this season when the Dolphins released him coming out of the preseason last year.

Lippett landed on the Dolphins’ injured reserve in 2017 due to a torn Achilles’ tendon and missed the entire season. The Giants later signed him to a contract in October of 2018. 

Lippett was waived by the Giants during camp in 2019 after re-signing in New York earlier this offseason. He caught on briefly with the Bengals before being waived in final roster cuts. 

In 2018, Lippett appeared in three games for the Giants and recorded one tackle and a pass defense.