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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Kaimon Rucker
DL-EDGE North Carolina
Dorian Singer Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dorian Singer
WR USC
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in slot 254: the Bengals steal Singer and grade out a B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Dorian Singer got past him. The Bengals do not have to explain a thing at No. 254. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Rucker has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson at the Round 1 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick49 Rnd2 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at the 49th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick81 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Circle this one: Malachi Corley at No. 81 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick117 Rnd4 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in pick 117 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick154 Rnd5 Luke Lachey
A clean, defensible pick in slot 154 with a little surplus value in Luke Lachey. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
No drama and no debate, Kamal Hadden went about where he belonged in the 173rd pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick195 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Raheim Sanders at Round 6, Pick 20. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick238 Rnd7 Kaimon Rucker
A premium they did not need to pay, Kaimon Rucker a notch or two before his time. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Dorian Singer
Somehow Dorian Singer was still sitting there in pick 254, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.