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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (CIN)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CIN)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CIN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (CIN)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (CIN)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (CIN)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CIN)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CIN)
CJ West
DT Indiana
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (CIN)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Phillip Webb Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Phillip Webb
DL-EDGE Jackson State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
CJ West
DT Indiana
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (NYJ)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
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PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesA+ FutureF
The Bengals turned the phones into found money: C+.

Nobody else had Phillip Webb anywhere near pick No. 152. The Bengals did, by 141 spots, and that gap is the whole story. The final tally is a middling C+.

The Skattebo pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The Sawyer pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback still on the board.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
They paid sticker price for Travis Hunter in No. 2, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick3 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick No. 3 they get a problem off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick6 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the defensive front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick7 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jack Sawyer adds an edge rusher and leaves quarterback untouched.
Pick14 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In the 14th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick17 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In slot 17 they get a go-to option on the outside, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick25 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In the 25th pick they get a blindside protector, a steep price for the projection. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori slipping to the 33rd overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick34 Rnd2 Malachi Moore
Of all the spots to shop, they chose safety. Malachi Moore in the Round 2 slot leaves quarterback for later.
Pick37 Rnd2 Darien Porter
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Darien Porter. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at pick 42 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick45 Rnd2 Charles Grant
Charles Grant at pick No. 45 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick49 Rnd2 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner in Round 2, Pick 17 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick58 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
A slide stopped in slot 58, with Tyler Warren worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick65 Rnd3 David Walker
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went edge rusher with David Walker while clear needs at quarterback sat open.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jay Higgins
They reached into another round for Jay Higgins, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jake Majors
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jake Majors this early at No. 68. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick80 Rnd3 Clay Webb
Clay Webb at slot 80 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick81 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
You do not let a running back like Dylan Sampson reach Round 3, Pick 17 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick89 Rnd3 CJ West
They talked themselves into CJ West at pick No. 89, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick92 Rnd3 O'Donnell Fortune
A big swing on O'Donnell Fortune at the 92nd pick, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick117 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Circle this one: Tez Johnson at the 117th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick152 Rnd5 Phillip Webb
They reached a country mile for Phillip Webb at pick 152, and the board is aghast. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick191 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo in No. 191 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.