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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (CIN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The tape said wait; the Bengals did not. Carson Steele went at slot 237, a good 76 picks before the board was ready. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They will answer for taking DT-EDGE early while tight end and quarterback went begging.

That McGlothern pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In pick 18 they get a wrecking ball inside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at No. 49 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
A reach on Brenden Rice in slot 80; the board had better options right there. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick114 Rnd4 Maason Smith
A curious use of the 114th overall pick. Tight end and quarterback needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at pick No. 148 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick193 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
The board fumbled Dwight McGlothern all the way to Round 6, Pick 18, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick208 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
A conviction pick on Michael Barrett at pick No. 208 that the board grades a round light. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick214 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones at Round 6, Pick 39 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick237 Rnd7 Carson Steele
Carson Steele at pick 237 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.