The Bengals' one glaring miss is cornerback, a need they left exactly as they found it. The final tally is a middling C+.

Every board in the league had Green lower, and that gap is the story. Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 1 of 8 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.