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02/19/24-1

  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (CIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Dylan McMahon Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dylan McMahon
C North Carolina State
Draft Picks Received
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAR)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (LAR)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (LAR)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
Larceny in pick 148 lands the Bengals a B, Melton and all.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Max Melton, the No. 112 name on the board, sitting there at No. 148 like a gift left on the doorstep.

They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In Round 1, Pick 18 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick51 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul at the Round 2 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at No. 80 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick100 Rnd3 Cade Stover
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went TE-EDGE with Cade Stover while clear needs at tight end and quarterback sat open.
Pick116 Rnd4 Dillon Johnson
They took Dillon Johnson at par in pick 116, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Max Melton
Max Melton in the 148th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick175 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo in slot 175 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick196 Rnd6 Javon Baker
Javon Baker at the 196th pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick235 Rnd7 Omar Speights
Omar Speights slid further than he should have, and the 235th pick is lovely value for the linebacker. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick252 Rnd7 Dylan McMahon
Dylan McMahon at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.