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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (CIN)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CIN)
Clay Webb
OG Georgia
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (CIN)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Alfred Collins
DL Texas
Ricky White Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ricky White
WR UNLV
Marques Cox Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (CIN)
Marques Cox
OT Kentucky
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Draft Picks Received
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DEN)
Clay Webb
OG Georgia
Players Gained
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Courtland Sutton
WR
Players traded away
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Tee Higgins
WR
Head Shot
Trey Hendrickson
DE
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Bengals lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.

The Alfred Collins pick is the one that will follow the Bengals into the fall. They took him 39 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Hard to defend, and the D- reflects that.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. Getting White where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

The Courtland Sutton pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and cornerback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick29 Rnd1 JT Tuimoloau
In slot 29 they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot.
Pick35 Rnd2 Clay Webb
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Clay Webb well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick60 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty slid further than he should have, and Round 2, Pick 28 is lovely value for the running back. The roster fit checks out.
Pick92 Rnd3 Trey Zuhn III
A reach for Trey Zuhn III in the 92nd overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
Pick124 Rnd4 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at No. 124 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick156 Rnd5 Ricky White
Taking Ricky White in pick No. 156 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick188 Rnd6 Marques Cox
Marques Cox at the Round 6 slot is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jaylin Noel
Jaylin Noel at the 220th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.