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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bengals: B-.

The war room fell hard for Hayden Hatten, and it showed at slot 252: 84 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Landing Fuaga that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Byron Murphy II. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
You do not let an offensive lineman like Taliese Fuaga reach Round 2, Pick 17 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A tidy little value on Cooper Beebe in the Round 3 slot, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick116 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at No. 116 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at the 148th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick175 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Fair-plus on Kitan Oladapo, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick196 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
They did well to land Michael Barrett in the 196th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick235 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick252 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at pick 252 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.