{"id":27611,"date":"2025-07-06T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27611"},"modified":"2025-07-06T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:04:02","slug":"bengals-2025-roster-breakdown-dylan-fairchild-is-cincinnatis-sole-hope-for-a-new-guard-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=27611","title":{"rendered":"Bengals 2025 Roster Breakdown: Dylan Fairchild is Cincinnati&#8217;s sole hope for a new guard of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"cmsg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_xy_center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620%2Cx_3389%2Cy_811\/MjEzOTIxNDM5OTgyNTYwNzE5\/usatsi_25560761.jpg\" alt=\"Mar 2, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Georgia offensive lineman Dylan Fairchild (OL14) during the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><em>Bengals roster breakdown is back! During the 99 days leading up to Cincinnati&#8217;s regular season opener against the\u00a0Cleveland Browns, the player with the matching jersey number as days remaining will become the day&#8217;s highlighted player.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n64 days remain until the Bengals&#8217; first game of the 2025 season, but No. 64 Ted Karras is always worthy of praising.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"dylan-fairchild\">Dylan Fairchild<\/h2>\n<p>Age:\u00a0<strong>22<\/strong><br \/>\nYear:<strong>\u00a0Rookie<\/strong><br \/>\nPosition:\u00a0<strong>Guard<\/strong><br \/>\nCollege:\u00a0<strong>Georgia<\/strong><br \/>\nPrevious Teams:\u00a0<strong>None<\/strong><br \/>\nJersey Number:\u00a0<strong>63<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fairchild enters his first season in the NFL after being drafted 81st overall in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft. He spent four years at Georgia and came off the bench for a total of six games during his first two seasons. His first career start came in Week 4 of the 2023 season after he played nearly most of the previous week. He would switch back and forth from left guard to right guard during the Bulldogs&#8217; last five games of the year, but he fully settled in at LG for the entire 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4908,h_2760,x_0,y_240\/c_fill,w_1200,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01jsqxsxk3rg9smmedfh.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals Select Georgia Guard Dylan Fairchild 3rd Round of 2025  NFL Draft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a third-round pick, Fairchild was the second Georgia interior offensive lineman to go off the board in April&#8217;s draft. RG Tate Ratledge went in the second round, and center Jared Wilson went 14 picks later than Fairchild in the third. Cincinnati showcased interest in all three during the pre-draft process, and made Fairchild the club&#8217;s highest-drafted college guard since Kevin Zeitler was selected 27th overall in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly than anything, Fairchild&#8217;s nickname is &#8220;Pickle&#8221;\u00a0according to Amarius Mims. Fairchild and Mims\u00a0were teammates for three years at UGA and are now reunited on the same o-line.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-87cd3512b208412a9de329b53681a7cf\" data-google-query-id=\"CLuhjeq_qI4DFduH6QUdhi8kUQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/3zpc3DW6L9T-4OVzcb0ZueHySME=\/0x0:2449x1633\/1200x800\/filters:focal(856x501:1246x891)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/74047464\/2190731777.0.jpg\" alt=\"Bengals Draft 2025: 5 winners and 7 losers from Day 2 picks - Cincy Jungle\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"contract-details\">Contract Details<\/h2>\n<p>Fairchild signed his four-year, $6,421,174 rookie contract in May. He&#8217;s already earning a signing bonus of $1,309,948 this year and can earn a base salary of $840,000 this season. His potential cash earnings for this year amount to $2,149,948.<\/p>\n<p>When adding on his signing bonus proration of $327,487, Fairchild&#8217;s salary cap hit for the 2025 season is $1,167,487.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"roster-outlook\">Roster Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>It was learned minutes after he was drafted that Fairchild was the\u00a0frontrunner to be the starting LG\u00a0for the 2025 Bengals, and that was made clearer in the months that followed. Cincinnati had Fairchild repping with the starters, sandwiched between left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. and Ted Karras, throughout OTAs and mandatory minicamp. Don&#8217;t expect this to change once training camp rolls around.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals were in desperate need of two new guards this offseason, and while there&#8217;s a battle for which veteran between Lucas Patrick and Cody Ford claims RG, Fairchild appears to be the sole hope for LG. Cordell Volson could reprise his role if the rookie struggles immensely or gets injured, but for a new face to take over, every meaningful egg is in Fairchild&#8217;s basket for better or worse.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nProjected role:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Starting left guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b542fcd3010f4e3ea950496e95a78195\" data-google-query-id=\"CJKLo_K_qI4DFcuG6QUd8cwfzA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"previous-player-profiles\">Previous Player Profiles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No. 99:\u00a0Myles Murphy<\/li>\n<li>No. 98:\u00a0T.J. Slaton Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 97:\u00a0Shemar Stewart<\/li>\n<li>No. 96:\u00a0Cam Sample<\/li>\n<li>No. 95:\u00a0Howard Cross III<\/li>\n<li>No. 94:\u00a0Eric Gregory<\/li>\n<li>No. 93:\u00a0McKinnley Jackson<\/li>\n<li>No. 92:\u00a0B.J. Hill<\/li>\n<li>No. 91:\u00a0Trey Hendrickson<\/li>\n<li>No. 90:\u00a0Kris Jenkins Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 89:\u00a0Drew Sample<\/li>\n<li>No. 88:\u00a0Mike Gesicki<\/li>\n<li>No. 87:\u00a0Tanner Hudson<\/li>\n<li>No. 86:\u00a0Kole Taylor<\/li>\n<li>No. 85:\u00a0Cam Grandy<\/li>\n<li>No. 84:\u00a0Tanner McLachlan<\/li>\n<li>No. 83:\u00a0Erick All Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 82:\u00a0Mitchell Tinsley<\/li>\n<li>No. 81:\u00a0Jermaine Burton<\/li>\n<li>No. 80:\u00a0Andrei Iosivas<\/li>\n<li>No. 79:\u00a0Andrew Coker<\/li>\n<li>No. 77:\u00a0Caleb Etienne<\/li>\n<li>No. 76:\u00a0Devin Cochran<\/li>\n<li>No. 75:\u00a0Orlando Brown Jr.<\/li>\n<li>No. 74:\u00a0Jalen Rivers<\/li>\n<li>No. 73:\u00a0Andrew Stueber<\/li>\n<li>No. 71:\u00a0Amarius Mims<\/li>\n<li>No. 69:\u00a0Dante Barnett<\/li>\n<li>No. 68:\u00a0Seth McLaughlin<\/li>\n<li>No. 67:\u00a0Cordell Volson<\/li>\n<li>No. 66:\u00a0Tashawn Manning<\/li>\n<li>No. 65:\u00a0Matt Lee<\/li>\n<li>No. 64:\u00a0Ted Karras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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