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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Jalen Catalon Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jalen Catalon
S Texas
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (NE)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Keion White
DE
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Pritchett: B+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Nehemiah Pritchett slide, and the Bengals were the ones holding the card at pick No. 173. Highway robbery. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The Stover pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots still on the board. Reaching for Barton left real value on the table behind him.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
They took Kingsley Suamataia at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick81 Rnd3 Graham Barton
A wild overpay on Graham Barton in the 81st pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick117 Rnd4 Cade Stover
A surprising call. With tight end, interior defensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent the 117th overall pick on Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick154 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Malachi Moore. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick173 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Steal is underselling it; Nehemiah Pritchett at pick No. 173 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jalen Catalon
Nice patience on Jalen Catalon, who had no business lasting to slot 238. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jalen Milroe
By-the-book stuff, Jalen Milroe at pick 254 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.