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Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Bengals: B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Bengals spent No. 154 on Que Robinson, a name most had 95 spots down the list. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

On value alone, Riley makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
In No. 17 they get juice off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 Deone Walker
A conviction pick on Deone Walker at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals in pick 81 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick118 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
They liked Rylie Mills enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 118. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick154 Rnd5 Que Robinson
Que Robinson in Round 5, Pick 15 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick195 Rnd6 Quincy Riley
Quincy Riley at the 195th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.