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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
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 Bengals did not so much draft Rasheen Ali as overpay for him, 44 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They banked enough surplus on Mitchell to cover a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 24th pick they get an anchor for the offensive line. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Circle this one: Adonai Mitchell at pick 56 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick88 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
Michael Hall Jr. in No. 88 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tykee Smith. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick173 Rnd5 Zy Alexander
They let Zy Alexander come to them and pounced at the 173rd overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick202 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis at Round 6, Pick 27 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick245 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
This one needs a full-page explanation: Rasheen Ali in pick 245, miles early. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at the 254th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.