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Draft Selections
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Burke: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Denzel Burke tumbling to the Bengals in slot 88 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Ja'Tavion Sanders
In slot 24 they get a matchup weapon at tight end at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Brandon Dorlus
Brandon Dorlus in Round 2, Pick 24 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick88 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
The board fumbled Denzel Burke all the way to No. 88, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick124 Rnd4 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in pick 124 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
No edge and no loss on Ben Sinnott in the 161st pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Braden Fiske
They took Braden Fiske at par in pick No. 173, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick202 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
A tidy little value on Tahj Brooks in the Round 6 slot, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick245 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
They let Bru McCoy come to them and pounced at the 245th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick254 Rnd7 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at the Round 7 slot is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.