The Cincinnati Bengals figure to be a team with some notable roster turnover after the failure to reach the playoffs, which includes letting a number of the team’s own free agents walk on the open market. That’s especially the case on the defensive side of the ball, where one of the NFL’s worst units will undergo a major change at coordinator.

Last week we looked at the Cincinnati Bengals’ pending free agents and assessed each of their chances of re-signing with the team. This week we’ll take a look at the players under contract with the team in 2025 who could be cap casualties to free up more space to possibly allocate to players such as Tee Higgins,

B.J. Hill, Mike Hilton and Mike Gesicki are among those the Bengals will need to decide can be a part of their future.

The Cincinnati Bengals have some major names and 20-plus overall heading to the 2025 free agency open market this offseason. Tee Higgins is the biggest name and has the most mystery around it. But other notables such as B.J. Hill, Mike Hilton and Mike Gesicki — to name a few — are intriguing in their own right.

The Bengals are projected to enter the 2025 offseason with just under $50M in cap space, per OverTheCap, the 11th-most in the NFL. Still, that might not be enough for the front office to accomplish all of their offseason goals.

Cincinnati enters this offseason ninth in effective cap space with $44.2 million available, according to Over the Cap. Yet, the Bengals could double that depending on their level of aggressiveness in cutting veterans.

The Cincinnati Bengals will have major decisions to make this upcoming offseason, not the least of which includes what to do with wide receiver Tee Higgins. The good news is the Bengals do enter the o