WrongVerb'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (CIN)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (CIN)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Ray Davis Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ray Davis
RB Kentucky
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Draft Picks Traded
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (ARI)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Bengals robbed the room for Jones. Final grade: D.

The Bengals lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. A D that will need time and luck to look better.

Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Jones pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In slot 18 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
In pick 27 they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kamren Kinchens at the 49th pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick66 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in the 66th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ray Davis
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ray Davis in Round 4, Pick 15. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at the Round 5 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick173 Rnd5 Edefuan Ulofoshio
The board had Edefuan Ulofoshio higher than No. 173, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick196 Rnd6 AJ Barner
They did well to land AJ Barner in the 196th pick, just ahead of his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick238 Rnd7 Myles Jones
Myles Jones at the 238th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Zion Logue
A clean, defensible pick in Round 7, Pick 34 with a little surplus value in Zion Logue. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.