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Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Ray Davis Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ray Davis
RB Kentucky
Brandon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Brandon Coleman
OL TCU
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Jones fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Christian Jones sat on the board until the Round 7 slot, and the Bengals did not need to be asked twice.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In slot 18 they get protection for the quarterback, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Byron Murphy II at pick 49 is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick80 Rnd3 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
A cornerback of that caliber at the 80th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 115th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ray Davis
Steal is underselling it; Ray Davis at No. 151 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick173 Rnd5 Brandon Coleman
A straight-up fair deal on Brandon Coleman at the Round 5 slot, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick196 Rnd6 AJ Barner
AJ Barner in pick No. 196 lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in Round 7, Pick 18 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Christian Jones
They robbed the room for Christian Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.