{"id":687942,"date":"2026-01-19T04:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687942\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:48:58","slug":"bengals-tucked-a-big-win-in-list-of-roster-moves-to-start-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/687942\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals tucked a big win in list of roster moves to start offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 6, 2026, 1:59 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> made a <a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/05\/bengals-wave-roster-moves-sign-players-contract-extensions\/88035944007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wave of roster moves<\/a> on the Monday after the season ended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It was mostly routine stuff, like securing most of the practice squad on reserve\/futures deals as they head into the offseason and beef up the roster limit before free agency and the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a> also signed a handful of players to one-year deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tucked into there was a big win: Wide receiver Mitchell Tinsley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/05\/bengals-duke-tobin-rare-media-appearance-this-week\/88029976007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals&#8217; Duke Tobin to make rare media appearance this week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One might think, \u201chey, why do we care about the Bengals getting another receiver on a depth chart stacked with Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins at the top?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Depth is critical, though, especially with Higgins in and out of the lineup over the years and the Jermaine Burton experience blowing up in their faces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tinsley is special, too. He\u2019s flashed it consistently since joining the team and been heralded by a vocal part of the fanbase as looking like former fan favorite Marvin Jones when he\u2019s out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It\u2019s a little thing, but it\u2019s a win for the Bengals. Keeping Tinsley, Andrei Iosvias and a handful of others as key depth, if nothing else, could help keep the offense productive if needed and avoid another weird Burton-like gambles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2025\/12\/25\/bengals-cautioned-joe-burrow-matthew-stafford-scenario\/87914880007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals cautioned against Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford scenario<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 6, 2026, 1:59 p.m. ET The Cincinnati Bengals made a wave of roster moves on the Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95913,96122,100440,96121,95927,100439,95895,95906,95883,96123,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-687942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","19":"tag-tagjamarr-chase","20":"tag-tagjermaine-burton","21":"tag-tagjoe-burrow","22":"tag-tagmatthew-stafford","23":"tag-tagmitchell-tinsley","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtee-higgins","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115919962996791831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}