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Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Caleb Banks
DL Florida
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
George Gumbs Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CIN)
George Gumbs Jr.
DE-EDGE Florida
Tyren Montgomery Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tyren Montgomery
WR Nicholls
John Michael Gyllenborg Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
John Michael Gyllenborg
TE Wyoming
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The war room fell hard for George Gumbs Jr., and it showed at the 199th overall pick: 69 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

The McNeil-Warren value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with tight end the one that mattered most. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In Round 1, Pick 10 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at fair value.
Pick41 Rnd2 Caleb Banks
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Caleb Banks. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez at No. 72 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick110 Rnd4 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
The board fumbled Emmanuel McNeil-Warren all the way to pick 110, and they scooped it up. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick189 Rnd6 Zane Durant
Zane Durant slipping to slot 189 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick199 Rnd6 George Gumbs Jr.
George Gumbs Jr. in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick221 Rnd7 Tyren Montgomery
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Tyren Montgomery in the Round 7 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick226 Rnd7 John Michael Gyllenborg
A premium they did not need to pay, John Michael Gyllenborg a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.