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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 81st pick lands the Bengals a B-, Sawyer and all.

When a board-topper like Jack Sawyer slides to No. 81, you do not overthink it, and the Bengals did not.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Zabel has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

On the needs board they went 1 of 8, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In the 17th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback, though they paid up to get him. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at Round 2, Pick 17 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jack Sawyer
They robbed the room for Jack Sawyer here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor itch, scratched.