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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Syracuse
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Pearsall fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The Bengals did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Ricky Pearsall fell into slot 173. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jared Verse
They took Jared Verse at par in the Round 1 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick49 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman is a better player than the 49th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick81 Rnd3 D.J. James
A tidy little value on D.J. James in slot 81, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick117 Rnd4 Troy Fautanu
Troy Fautanu at pick 117 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick154 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
They paid sticker price for Dallin Holker in Round 5, Pick 18, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Ricky Pearsall
The board fumbled Ricky Pearsall all the way to the 173rd overall pick, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick195 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
You do not let a cornerback like Kamal Hadden reach pick No. 195 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jawhar Jordan
Jawhar Jordan at No. 238 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Hayden Hatten at pick No. 254 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.