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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Dorian Singer Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dorian Singer
WR USC
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Jalen Berger Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jalen Berger
RB Michigan State
Draft Picks Traded
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (IND)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Players Gained
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DeForest Buckner
DT
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB-
The Bengals turned the phones into found money: B.

The Taulia Tagovailoa pick is the one that will follow the Bengals into the fall. They took him 63 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first. The DeForest Buckner pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge, and a steal at that. More want than need.
Pick88 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in slot 88 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cade Stover
They bypassed pressing needs at cornerback, tight end and other spots to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick161 Rnd5 Taulia Tagovailoa
They left a pile of value on the table to take Taulia Tagovailoa this early at pick No. 161. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Dorian Singer
Dorian Singer at Round 5, Pick 37 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick202 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
They took Joshua Gray at par in the 202nd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A big swing on Matthew Jones at Round 7, Pick 25, well ahead of any board in the building. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jalen Berger
No edge and no loss on Jalen Berger in slot 254; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.