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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (CIN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Keilan Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Keilan Robinson
RB Texas
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bengals: B-.

Some picks age like wine; Keilan Robinson at the 254th overall pick will need to, sitting 107 spots clear of his grade. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McCoy. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 16th overall pick they get a building block for the line at fair value.
Pick48 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
No edge and no loss on Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick80 Rnd3 D.J. James
Quietly one of the better values of the day, D.J. James at slot 80. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick116 Rnd4 Cooper Beebe
A tidy little value on Cooper Beebe in No. 116, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick153 Rnd5 Justin Eboigbe
A wild overpay on Justin Eboigbe in the 153rd pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick173 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
A slide stopped in pick 173, with Ainias Smith worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick194 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas at pick No. 194 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick237 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
Steal is underselling it; Bru McCoy at No. 237 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick254 Rnd7 Keilan Robinson
This one needs a full-page explanation: Keilan Robinson in the 254th overall pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.