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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bengals: B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Bengals reached some 47 spots for Hayden Hatten, and value like that does not grow back. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Simpson. The Stover pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In No. 18 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in slot 49 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cade Stover
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Cade Stover adds a TE-EDGE and leaves tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots untouched.
Pick115 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
Justin Eboigbe in pick 115 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at the Round 5 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in the 173rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
They reached a country mile for Matthew Jones at pick 196, and the board is aghast. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
They paid up for Dwight McGlothern at No. 238 when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten at Round 7, Pick 34 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.