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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Tyler Batty
DL-EDGE BYU
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Harris: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Tre Harris got past him. The Bengals do not have to explain a thing at the Round 6 slot. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They are betting Sinnott proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Good price on Kool-Aid McKinstry in Round 1, Pick 17, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
They took Jordan Morgan at par in pick 49, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick81 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at the 81st pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick117 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
By-the-book stuff, Tate Ratledge at pick No. 117 squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick154 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
The board had cheaper options than Ben Sinnott at No. 154, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick173 Rnd5 Tyler Batty
They paid sticker price for Tyler Batty in the 173rd overall pick, and that is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick195 Rnd6 Tre Harris
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
Bru McCoy at slot 238 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Jordan Magee at the 254th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.