WrongVerb'S MOCK DRAFT
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02/15/24-1

  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Players Gained
Head Shot
Christian Barmore
DT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Bengals won the night they stopped Amegadjie from sliding. Grade: D.

The phones were a trap the Bengals kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

Landing Amegadjie that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

The cost of the Legette reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Pick27 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a No. 1 receiver, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Value with a capital V on Kamren Kinchens in slot 49, a genuine coup. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick80 Rnd3 Bralen Trice
They barely believed it either: Bralen Trice still on the board at No. 80. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick103 Rnd4 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in the 103rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Max Melton
A tidy little value on Max Melton in the 115th overall pick, a step better than break-even. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick151 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson in the 151st pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Edefuan Ulofoshio
They read the board right and Edefuan Ulofoshio was the payoff at pick No. 173. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick196 Rnd6 Braelon Allen
They will replay Braelon Allen at No. 196 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick238 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
A quiet steal in slot 238: Brevyn Spann-Ford for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick254 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Nathaniel Watson at Round 7, Pick 34 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.