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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Bengals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 254 on Hayden Hatten a full 67 spots early. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The Simpson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 18th pick they get a blindside protector. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A reach for T'Vondre Sweat in pick No. 49; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Javon Bullard in pick 80. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick115 Rnd4 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the Round 4 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott in the 151st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
They barely believed it either: Jaylin Simpson still on the board at Round 5, Pick 37. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick196 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
A reasonable price with a little left over, Michael Barrett in No. 196. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A tidy little value on Blake Watson in the 238th overall pick, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
A big swing on Hayden Hatten at pick No. 254, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.