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Steyker'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 27, 2026

Bengals

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Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (CIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Chris Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Chris Johnson
CB San Diego State
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (CIN)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 4 (CIN)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (CIN)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
Dae'Quan Wright Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dae'Quan Wright
TE Ole Miss
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Kaelon Black Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (CIN)
Kaelon Black
RB Indiana
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (GB)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (GB)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 4 (NYJ)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Makai Lemon Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Makai Lemon
WR USC
Brian Parker II Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (GB)
Brian Parker II
OT Duke
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jayden Reed
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
The Bengals won the night they stopped Ramsey from sliding. Grade: B.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Kamari Ramsey, the No. 74 name on the board, sitting there at No. 110 like a gift left on the doorstep. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

They are betting Kamara proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In No. 16 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, outstanding value to boot.
Pick41 Rnd2 Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson at pick No. 41 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick84 Rnd3 Christen Miller
Somehow Christen Miller was still sitting there in the Round 3 slot, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick110 Rnd4 Kamari Ramsey
You do not let a safety like Kamari Ramsey reach the 110th pick and blink. They did not. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick120 Rnd4 Mikail Kamara
Mikail Kamara at the 120th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick140 Rnd4 J.C. Davis
J.C. Davis at pick 140 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
Pick179 Rnd5 Aaron Anderson
A tidy little value on Aaron Anderson in slot 179, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick189 Rnd6 Dae'Quan Wright
Nice patience on Dae'Quan Wright, who had no business lasting to Round 6, Pick 8. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jeff Caldwell
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jeff Caldwell at the 199th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick221 Rnd7 Kaelon Black
A quiet steal in No. 221: Kaelon Black for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
Pick226 Rnd7 Thaddeus Dixon
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Thaddeus Dixon in pick 226. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.