Maybe you do need a Dartmouth graduate as well as a communications major from Fresno State who leads the NFL in internships and carries a briefcase to the linebackers room to help figure out this roster cut-down business.
The Bengals are painstakingly getting to the 75-player figure after cutting seven players in the morning and two more in the afternoon Monday.
And they still need to cut three more Tuesday by 4 p.m. Then after Thursday night’s pre-season finale in Indianapolis (7-Cincinnati’s Channel 12), they have to cut 22 more by 4 p.m. Saturday. Plus, they’ll construct a 10-player practice squad from largely that group and those mechanics are as intricate as putting together the roster.