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Here are our 46 locks for the Bengals 53-man roster

USA TODAY Sports Enquirer Cincinnati Bengals Kareem Elgazzar Katie Stratman Dylan Buell The Cincinnati Enquirer Joseph Maiorana

The Cincinnati Bengals will have to make some brutally tough choices when it comes time to reduce the roster to 53 players later this summer.

Thanks to quality depth at places like wide receiver and along the offensive and defensive lines on a roster that has already been competing for conference titles, the Bengals might just have one of the tallest tasks of any team.

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Of course, the Bengals can always make those tough calls and then hope the guys they let go quickly turn around and stick in town via the practice squad.

For now, though, these are the 40-plus players we see as bonafide locks for the final roster by the time the deadline rolls around before Week 1.

QB Joe Burrow

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QB Trevor Siemian

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RB Joe Mixon

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RB Trayveon Williams

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RB Chase Brown

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WR Ja’Marr Chase

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WR Tee Higgins

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WR Tyler Boyd

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WR Charlie Jones

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WR Trenton Irwin

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WR Stanley Morgan

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TE Irv Smith Jr.

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TE Drew Sample

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TE Mitchell Wilcox

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OL Orlando Brown Jr.

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OL Cordell Volson

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OL Ted Karras

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OL Alex Cappa

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OL Jonah Williams

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OL La’el Collins

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OL Jackson Carman

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OL Max Scharping

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DL Sam Hubbard

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DL B.J. HilL

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DL DJ Reader

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DL Trey Hendrickson

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DL Joseph Ossai

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DL Myles Murphy

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DL Josh Tupou

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DL Zach Carter

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LB Logan Wilson

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LB Germaine Pratt

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LB Akeem Davis-Gaither

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LB Markus Bailey

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CB Chidobe Awuzie

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CB DJ Turner

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CB Cam Taylor-Britt

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CB Mike Hilton

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CB Jalen Davis

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S Nick Scott

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S Jordan Battle

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S Dax Hill

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S Michael Thomas

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K Evan McPherson

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P Brad Robbins

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LS Cal Adomitis

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