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2025 draft

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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Bengals: C+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Bengals would have aced it. Ethan Downs at slot 193 is 89 spots clear of where he belonged.

They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. With cornerback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them.

Interior defensive lineman was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Hit on Mike Green and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Mike Green
In the Round 1 slot they get a problem off the edge, reach and all.
Pick49 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went edge rusher with Donovan Ezeiruaku while clear needs at cornerback, tight end and other spots sat open.
Pick81 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Deone Walker at the 81st overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick119 Rnd4 Jalen McLeod
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jalen McLeod adds an edge rusher and leaves cornerback, tight end and other spots untouched.
Pick153 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dont'e Thornton Jr. this early at pick No. 153. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick193 Rnd6 Ethan Downs
A real head-scratcher, Ethan Downs in Round 6, Pick 17 is miles ahead of his ranking. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.