WrongVerb'S MOCK DRAFT
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03/29/24-1

  • WrongVerb DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bengals for Flournoy: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Ryan Flournoy had no business being available in the 238th pick, and the Bengals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In No. 18 they get a problem off the edge. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. It fills a real need, too.
Pick80 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
Nice patience on Kiran Amegadjie, who had no business lasting to pick 80. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick97 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Caelen Carson. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick115 Rnd4 Mekhi Wingo
Mekhi Wingo at the 115th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick149 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith at pick No. 149 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick194 Rnd6 Kendall Milton
By-the-book stuff, Kendall Milton at the 194th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick214 Rnd6 Erick All
A slide stopped in Round 6, Pick 39, with Erick All worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick224 Rnd7 Curtis Jacobs
They barely believed it either: Curtis Jacobs still on the board at pick 224. The roster fit checks out.
Pick237 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Garret Greenfield in No. 237, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ryan Flournoy
They robbed the room for Ryan Flournoy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.