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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Richard Jibunor Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Richard Jibunor
OLB-EDGE Troy
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

The Richard Jibunor selection is the head-turner. The Bengals reached 97 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

McConkey at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
Good price on Rome Odunze in pick No. 18, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick49 Rnd2 Amarius Mims
You do not let an offensive lineman like Amarius Mims reach slot 49 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick80 Rnd3 Ladd McConkey
Taking Ladd McConkey in Round 3, Pick 16 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick116 Rnd4 Justin Rogers
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Justin Rogers. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson in pick 148 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick175 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Xavier Thomas well ahead of where he belonged. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick196 Rnd6 Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan at the 196th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick235 Rnd7 Jawhar Jordan
Jawhar Jordan in the 235th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick252 Rnd7 Richard Jibunor
Richard Jibunor at pick 252 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It does not line up with the team's obvious holes.