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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Trey Knox at the 194th overall pick is 29 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. That is an edge rusher worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In slot 18 they get a bendy edge with upside at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley at Round 2, Pick 17 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick80 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson in No. 80 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick97 Rnd3 McKinnley Jackson
McKinnley Jackson at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
A straight-up fair deal on Blake Fisher at pick 115, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick149 Rnd5 Trevor Keegan
Good price on Trevor Keegan in the 149th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick194 Rnd6 Trey Knox
A big swing on Trey Knox at slot 194, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.