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  • Emeritus DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CIN)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (CIN)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jalon Walker
LB-EDGE Georgia
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dontay Corleone
DT Cincinnati
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Walker should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Jalon Walker, the No. 38 name on the board, stolen at Round 4, Pick 11. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

It is not that Walker is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In No. 8 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
A straight-up fair deal on JT Tuimoloau at pick 39, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick76 Rnd3 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders in Round 3, Pick 12 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick112 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
They bypassed pressing needs at tight end, linebacker and other spots to take Jalon Walker, an edge rusher that was not the priority.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dontay Corleone
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the 184th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jermari Harris
Somehow Jermari Harris was still sitting there in pick No. 222, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.