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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Antwane Wells Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Antwane Wells Jr.
WR South Carolina
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Storm Duck Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Storm Duck
CB Penn State
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Cowing should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jacob Cowing, pick No. 254, roughly 62 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
No edge and no loss on Cooper Beebe in the 49th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick81 Rnd3 D.J. James
D.J. James in pick No. 81 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick117 Rnd4 Antwane Wells Jr.
They did well to land Antwane Wells Jr. in pick 117, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick154 Rnd5 Cade Stover
They robbed the room for Cade Stover here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
Pick173 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
By-the-book stuff, Zion Tupuola-Fetui at Round 5, Pick 37 squarely in line with his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick195 Rnd6 Devin Neal
Devin Neal is a better player than the 195th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Storm Duck
They took Storm Duck at par in slot 238, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jacob Cowing
Somehow Jacob Cowing was still sitting there in the 254th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.