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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in slot 49: the Bengals steal McKinstry and grade out a B.

The Bengals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kool-Aid McKinstry, the No. 19 name on the board, in pick 49. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Kool-Aid McKinstry in the 49th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
No drama and no debate, Malachi Corley went about where he belonged in pick 80. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick115 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
No edge and no loss on Mohamed Kamara in the 115th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick151 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten at Round 5, Pick 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis slid further than he should have, and pick No. 196 is lovely value for the running back. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick238 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Brevyn Spann-Ford at No. 238 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick254 Rnd7 Blake Watson
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Blake Watson in the 254th overall pick, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.