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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Isaiah Neyor Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Isaiah Neyor
WR Texas
Josh Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Josh Wallace
CB Michigan
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Bengals and Taylor-Demerson: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Dadrion Taylor-Demerson got past him. The Bengals do not have to explain a thing at the Round 6 slot.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 18 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at Round 2, Pick 17 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 80th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick116 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Blake Fisher in the 116th overall pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick148 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott in No. 148 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick175 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaylen Wright at the Round 5 slot is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick196 Rnd6 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in pick No. 196 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick235 Rnd7 Isaiah Neyor
Isaiah Neyor in pick 235 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick252 Rnd7 Josh Wallace
Josh Wallace in Round 7, Pick 32 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.