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Draft Selections
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (CIN)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (CIN)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Draft Picks Received
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LAC)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (SEA)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C
ValueF NeedB TradesB+ FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Bengals: C.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Bengals took Darius Alexander at pick No. 22, roughly 109 spots before his name belonged. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C.

The Allen value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Darius Alexander
In the 22nd pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
They did well to land Xavier Watts in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick55 Rnd2 Jared Ivey
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jared Ivey this early at pick No. 55. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick81 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
A real head-scratcher, Luke Kandra in slot 81 is miles ahead of his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick118 Rnd4 Terrance Ferguson
They took Terrance Ferguson at par in pick 118, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jack Kiser
They reached into another round for Jack Kiser, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick195 Rnd6 LeQuint Allen
You do not let a running back like LeQuint Allen reach slot 195 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick215 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith at the 215th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.