Trenton Irwin has been here before, battling to make the 53-man roster.
Irwin signed with the Miami Dolphins as a college free agent in 2019 and did not make the cut. He signed with the Bengals in October of 2019, then spent most of the next two seasons on Cincinnati’s practice squad. So he knows how it goes.
“That’s not my job (to make cuts),” Irwin told Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer after Sunday’s 29-26 loss to those same Dolphins in the preseason finale. “It’s my job to go out there and make plays.