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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Nathan Pickering Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Nathan Pickering
DT Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Bengals, and a C+ to match.

The Bengals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 254 on Nathan Pickering a full 78 spots early.

They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. On value alone, Mustapha makes the weekend a net positive.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Tyler Guyton
Tyler Guyton at Round 1, Pick 18 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A premium they did not need to pay, T'Vondre Sweat a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
They took Cooper Beebe at par in slot 80, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick115 Rnd4 Justin Rogers
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Justin Rogers well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick151 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha is a better player than pick No. 151 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick173 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader in the 173rd pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
A straight-up fair deal on Jared Wiley at pick No. 196, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick238 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
They paid a round early for Walter Rouse in No. 238, more than the board wanted. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick254 Rnd7 Nathan Pickering
Nathan Pickering in the 254th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.