It’s Now or Never for these Cincinnati Bengals

Jun 11, 2014; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals helmets sit in the end zone during minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

Like every year NFL teams are presented with difficult decisions when choosing their roster. For the Cincinnati Bengals, these decisions have become especially difficult over the past few years as their preseason roster is saturated with talent. Typically the discussion would center around age or money, but this year presents a pivotal for several young players who aren’t necessarily hampered by those factors. For these players it’s simply about proving their worth or risk being supplanted and possibly displaced entirely. Before the discussion begins here it should be noted there will be some players left off this list as I’ve recently discussed them in other articles or their situations have already been engulfed in discussion: Andy Dalton, Rey Maualuga, Jermaine Gresham, and Orson Charles. I wanted this discussion to center around the players who provide depth yet are at a turning point of either making a legit impact the way they are capable of or risk being lost for good. All being said…