The Bengals did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Johnny Wilson fell into pick 115. The bottom line is a respectable B.

If Anderson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.