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  • Emeritus DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (CIN)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CIN)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CIN)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Paris Shand Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CIN)
Paris Shand
DE-EDGE LSU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Bengals a B.

The Paris Shand pick is the one that will follow the Bengals into the fall. They took him 43 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They banked enough surplus on Pierce to cover a lot of smaller sins. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In No. 11 they get an anchor for the defensive front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick43 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
They liked Dylan Fairchild enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 43. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick75 Rnd3 Shavon Revel Jr.
They robbed the room for Shavon Revel Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick112 Rnd4 Raheim Sanders
A premium they did not need to pay, Raheim Sanders a notch or two before his time. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick149 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce at the 149th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick187 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 6, Pick 12 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick227 Rnd7 Paris Shand
A wild overpay on Paris Shand in pick 227, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.