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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CIN)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (NYG)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesC FutureB+
The Bengals won the night they stopped Helm from sliding. Grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Gunnar Helm, pick 191, roughly 123 picks past where he belonged.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 Travis Hunter
Travis Hunter at the 34th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick49 Rnd2 Shemar Stewart
A edge rusher of that caliber at pick 49 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick65 Rnd3 Tre Harris
Tre Harris slid further than he should have, and pick No. 65 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick81 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick117 Rnd4 Ashton Jeanty
Somehow Ashton Jeanty was still sitting there in No. 117, and they pounced on premier running back value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick152 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
They barely believed it either: Wyatt Milum still on the board at slot 152. It fills a real need, too.
Pick191 Rnd6 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm in Round 6, Pick 16 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.