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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (CIN)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
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
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Picks Received
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (HOU)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (HOU)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jarrett Patterson
C
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA FutureB-
The Bengals won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

There is reaching, and then there is Hayden Hatten at Round 7, Pick 34. The Bengals jumped the board by 89 and dared it to prove them wrong. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the 24th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
Good price on Byron Murphy II in No. 49, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jonathon Brooks
They paid up for Jonathon Brooks at the Round 2 slot when waiting would have done the job. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick90 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A want over a need in Round 3, Pick 27: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while linebacker and quarterback keeps waiting.
Pick115 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson in the 115th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
They paid sticker price for Donovan Jackson in pick 123, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They did well to land Ben Sinnott in slot 151, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Fair-plus on Kitan Oladapo, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in the 196th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick238 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
They reached into another round for Matthew Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.