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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Some hits, some head-scratchers, and a C+ for the Bengals.

The Bengals bet big and early on Que Robinson, 132 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

The Horton pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with cornerback, tight end and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
In No. 17 they get juice off the edge, reach and all. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
Aireontae Ersery in Round 2, Pick 17 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jah Joyner
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went edge rusher with Jah Joyner while clear needs at cornerback, tight end and other spots sat open.
Pick119 Rnd4 Que Robinson
Of all the spots to shop, they chose edge rusher. Que Robinson in slot 119 leaves cornerback, tight end and other spots for later.
Pick153 Rnd5 Tory Horton
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Tory Horton in the 153rd overall pick, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick193 Rnd6 CJ West
CJ West in the Round 6 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.