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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (CIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CIN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Kris Jenkins Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kris Jenkins
DL-EDGE Michigan
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Solomon Byrd Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Solomon Byrd
DE-EDGE USC
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (TEN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (TEN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall F
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD-
The Byrd reach set the tone, and the Bengals never recovered: F.

The Bengals clearly saw something nobody else did in Solomon Byrd, taking him 75 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Little went right, and the F does not pretend otherwise.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. Burton at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left cornerback open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In No. 4 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value.
Pick7 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the Round 1 slot they get a security blanket over the middle at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kris Jenkins
By-the-book stuff, Kris Jenkins at slot 49 squarely in line with his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jermaine Burton
They will replay Jermaine Burton at pick No. 115 for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick149 Rnd5 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at Round 5, Pick 13 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick194 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cody Schrader this early at pick 194. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick214 Rnd6 Solomon Byrd
A wild overpay on Solomon Byrd in No. 214, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Nathan Thomas
They robbed the room for Nathan Thomas here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick237 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Steele Chambers slid further than he should have, and the 237th overall pick is lovely value for the linebacker. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.