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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Jo'Quavious Marks Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jo'Quavious Marks
RB Mississippi State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Dominic Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dominic Lovett
WR Georgia
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on McCoy: B-.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Bru McCoy, the No. 191 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 238.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. The Gadsden II pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In No. 17 they get juice off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul in slot 49 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick81 Rnd3 Mekhi Wingo
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Mekhi Wingo at the 81st pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jason Marshall Jr.
Jason Marshall Jr. in the 117th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jo'Quavious Marks
Jo'Quavious Marks at pick 154 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at Round 5, Pick 37 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick195 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
Bru McCoy in pick No. 238 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Dominic Lovett
They barely believed it either: Dominic Lovett still on the board at the 254th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.