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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jo'Quavious Marks Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jo'Quavious Marks
RB Mississippi State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Storm Duck Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Storm Duck
CB Penn State
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Bengals: B.

There is a lot to like until you notice interior defensive lineman is still a hole. The Bengals never got to the one that mattered most. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Reaching for Sinnott left real value on the table behind him. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In pick 17 they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Javon Foster
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javon Foster. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick81 Rnd3 D.J. James
They did well to land D.J. James in the 81st overall pick, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick117 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
A premium they did not need to pay, Ben Sinnott a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jo'Quavious Marks
Good price on Jo'Quavious Marks in Round 5, Pick 18, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick173 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Nice patience on Zion Tupuola-Fetui, who had no business lasting to slot 173. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick195 Rnd6 Bru McCoy
Bru McCoy slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick238 Rnd7 Storm Duck
Value with a capital V on Storm Duck in No. 238, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Collin Oliver
By-the-book stuff, Collin Oliver at the 254th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.