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Draft Selections
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
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 Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bengals: B-.

The tape said wait; the Bengals did not. Hayden Hatten went at the 254th overall pick, a good 59 picks before the board was ready. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The Legette pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In No. 18 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
Byron Murphy II at Round 2, Pick 17 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick80 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
They barely believed it either: Xavier Legette still on the board at pick 80. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Sinnott this early at slot 115. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in pick No. 151 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
A tidy little value on Kitan Oladapo in the Round 5 slot, a step better than break-even. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Jones. It fills a real need, too.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
A wild overpay on Dwight McGlothern in Round 7, Pick 18, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Hayden Hatten well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.