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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Theo Wease Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Theo Wease
WR Missouri
Jo'Quavious Marks Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jo'Quavious Marks
RB Mississippi State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Benjamin Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Benjamin Yurosek
TE Stanford
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Turner should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a B-.

When a board-topper like Dallas Turner slides to Round 2, Pick 24, you do not overthink it, and the Bengals did not. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Every board in the league had Marks lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the 24th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Dallas Turner
They will replay Dallas Turner at No. 56 for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick88 Rnd3 D.J. James
They let D.J. James come to them and pounced at pick 88. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick124 Rnd4 Theo Wease
Theo Wease in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jo'Quavious Marks
Jo'Quavious Marks at the 161st pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
Taking Billy Bowman Jr. in pick No. 173 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick202 Rnd6 Darius Robinson
They did well to land Darius Robinson in Round 6, Pick 27, just ahead of his grade. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick245 Rnd7 Benjamin Yurosek
Benjamin Yurosek at slot 245 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at the 254th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.