WrongVerb'S MOCK DRAFT
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2/2/24

  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CIN)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
Phil Jurkovec Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Phil Jurkovec
QB Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Draft Picks Traded
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (LAC)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Players traded away
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Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
Larceny in pick 196 lands the Bengals a D, Booker and all.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Bengals did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

Getting Booker where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The cost of the Sweat reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In slot 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette slid further than he should have, and the 37th overall pick is lovely value for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They liked T'Vondre Sweat enough to skip the value, taking him in the 49th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick69 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
By-the-book stuff, Payton Wilson at No. 69 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick115 Rnd4 Mike Sainristil
Taking Mike Sainristil in Round 4, Pick 15 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
A slide stopped in the Round 5 slot, with Ben Sinnott worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Cedric Johnson
Cedric Johnson in the Round 5 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick196 Rnd6 Austin Booker
Austin Booker in the 196th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick238 Rnd7 Miyan Williams
Miyan Williams at No. 238 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick254 Rnd7 Phil Jurkovec
Phil Jurkovec at pick No. 254 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.