Zac Taylor now has his first, 53-man roster in place. The final decisions that were made show that it is indeed a New Dey in Cincinnati, as Taylor constructed his roster very differently.
We learned a lot about the new regime as the team cut down to 53.
Here are 5 major takeaways.
1 - Draft slots don’t matter
In the past the Bengals have seemingly held on to their initial evaluation of a player, so even when a third-round pick wasn’t performing like a third-round pick should, he stuck around and got second and third chances.