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Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (CIN)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (CIN)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (BAL)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (BAL)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (BAL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BAL)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (BAL)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kevin Zeitler
OG
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Bengals this weekend: B+.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Hayden Hatten, 47 picks early at the 254th overall pick. It nets out to a B+, which feels about right.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. That Trice pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

The Bengals indulged a want in Smith while a need in interior defensive lineman, linebacker and other spots stayed open. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
They will replay Bralen Trice at pick 49 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick64 Rnd2 Javon Bullard
No drama and no debate, Javon Bullard went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 32. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
They paid sticker price for Cooper Beebe in No. 80, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick95 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, linebacker and other spots sat open.
Pick115 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at pick No. 115 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick132 Rnd4 Cam Hart
By-the-book stuff, Cam Hart at the 132nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
They took Jaylen Wright at par in slot 151, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.
Pick173 Rnd5 AJ Barner
A premium they did not need to pay, AJ Barner a notch or two before his time. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in No. 196 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in pick No. 238 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at the 254th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.