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Bengals 2024

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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jonah Monheim
OT USC
Jo'Quavious Marks Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jo'Quavious Marks
RB Mississippi State
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The Bengals did not so much draft Hayden Hatten as overpay for him, 21 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. If one pick saves this weekend, it is James. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In the Round 1 slot they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
They read the board right and Chris Braswell was the payoff at the 56th pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick88 Rnd3 D.J. James
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and D.J. James at pick 88 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cade Stover
They liked Cade Stover enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 24. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
Jonah Monheim slipping to No. 161 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jo'Quavious Marks
Jo'Quavious Marks in slot 173 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The roster fit checks out.
Pick202 Rnd6 Ricky Pearsall
Ricky Pearsall at the 202nd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick245 Rnd7 Kamal Hadden
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kamal Hadden in slot 245. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at pick No. 254 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.