For the next two days, Cincinnati Bengals director of personnel Duke Tobin and head coach Zac Taylor will finalize their roster. The NFL mandates each team cut their roster down to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Aug. 26.

The roster will be cut to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. Here is a projection for the Bengals:

CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow is seemingly always confident, but that's never felt more true right now. He chatted with Sports Illustrated insider Albert Breer at Bengals training camp this summer and detailed how sound his abilities as a passer are entering a sixth NFL season.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has never been one to shy away from confidence, but he has laid down a huge gauntlet to Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes with a remarkabl

Another big reason Golden isn't concerned with how the defense played during the preseason is because the unit went toe-to-toe with the Bengals offense during nearly every practice of training camp. As a matter of fact, there were several practices where the defense simply outplayed the team's high-flying offense.

In addition to Proctor, the top of the offensive tackle class looks very intriguing if the Bengals want to consider that route, including two tackles from Utah in Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu, both of whom are among Brugler's top five. So if you're starting to watch offensive tackles for this class, heading out to Salt Lake City is a good start.

That said, Bengals pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson remains in the middle of what's become an ugly contract standoff. Hendrickson is in the final year of his existing deal, and the two sides seemingly aren't close to agreeing on the amount of guaranteed money that would be attached to an extension.

A couple of receivers make strong cases while the starting defense is once again woeful in 31-17 win over the Commanders.

On Tuesday’s edition of “Get Up,” former Steelers safety and current ESPN NFL personality Ryan Clark said the Bengals are wasting Joe Burrow’s prime years as the team enters another season with what is expected to be a horrific run defense.