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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Fentrell Cypress II Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Fentrell Cypress II
CB Florida State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Bengals, and a B to prove it.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Bengals took Erick All a full 53 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They banked enough surplus on Mitchell to cover a lot of smaller sins. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In slot 18 they get a long-term starter on the line at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
They read the board right and Troy Fautanu was the payoff at the 49th pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick80 Rnd3 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at pick No. 80 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick115 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine in No. 115 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick151 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
They did well to land Dylan Laube in the 151st overall pick, just ahead of his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jacob Cowing
A straight-up fair deal on Jacob Cowing at pick 173, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick196 Rnd6 Erick All
This one needs a full-page explanation: Erick All in No. 196, miles early. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jared Wiley
Value said wait; Jared Wiley in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick254 Rnd7 Fentrell Cypress II
Somehow Fentrell Cypress II was still sitting there in slot 254, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.