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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
CB Louisville
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Brownlee Jr.: B.

Call it larceny. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. sat on the board until the 175th pick, and the Bengals did not need to be asked twice. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In No. 18 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Tyler Guyton
Tyler Guyton at slot 49 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick80 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Payton Wilson at the 80th pick is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick116 Rnd4 Audric Estime
Audric Estime in pick 116 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
No edge and no loss on Dallin Holker in Round 5, Pick 12; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick175 Rnd5 Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. in pick No. 175, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
Somehow Chau Smith-Wade was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick235 Rnd7 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in the 235th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick252 Rnd7 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Taking Tyrone Tracy Jr. in pick No. 252 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.