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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals won the night they stopped Alexander from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Darius Alexander, slot 119, roughly 26 picks past where he belonged.

It is not that Mukuba is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 3 of 8 of the wish list covered. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron at the 17th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at pick No. 49 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick81 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 81 on Andrew Mukuba with tight end, wide receiver and other spots unsolved.
Pick119 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
Taking Darius Alexander in the Round 4 slot is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick153 Rnd5 Quincy Riley
Good price on Quincy Riley in Round 5, Pick 15, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick193 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II slipping to pick 193 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.