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02/27/24-1

  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Ethan Driskell Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ethan Driskell
OT Marshall
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (ARI)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ARI)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Players Gained
Head Shot
Carlos Watkins
DT
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bengals for James: B.

The Bengals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: DJ James, the No. 114 name on the board, in pick No. 175.

If Sinnott pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 JC Latham
In No. 18 they get a blindside protector at fair value.
Pick49 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
They robbed the room for Brian Thomas Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in the Round 3 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick105 Rnd4 Maason Smith
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and quarterback open.
Pick116 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
A wild overpay on Ben Sinnott in the 116th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick148 Rnd5 Max Melton
Max Melton in pick No. 148 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick175 Rnd5 DJ James
Steal is underselling it; DJ James at pick 175 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick196 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Good price on Isaiah Davis in the 196th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick235 Rnd7 Ethan Driskell
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Ethan Driskell in the 235th overall pick, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick252 Rnd7 Darius Muasau
Darius Muasau slipping to pick No. 252 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.