Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON OCT 24, 2025

2026 nfl draft 44mm

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Peter Woods Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CIN)
Peter Woods
DL-EDGE Clemson
Joshua Josephs Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CIN)
Joshua Josephs
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Keldric Faulk Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CIN)
Keldric Faulk
DL-EDGE Auburn
Kalil Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kalil Alexander
LB-EDGE Texas State
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CIN)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Isaiah Augustave Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (CIN)
Isaiah Augustave
RB South Carolina
Zach Rice Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (CIN)
Zach Rice
C Syracuse
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Draft Picks Received
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (KC)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedC+ TradesB- FutureC-
The Bengals land in the muddy middle: C+.

There is reaching, and then there is Zach Rice at slot 204. The Bengals jumped the board by 150 and dared it to prove them wrong. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

Harbor at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with cornerback, tight end and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Peter Woods
In the 7th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick42 Rnd2 Joshua Josephs
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick 42 on Joshua Josephs with cornerback, tight end and other spots unsolved.
Pick73 Rnd3 Keldric Faulk
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Keldric Faulk adds an edge rusher and leaves cornerback, tight end and other spots untouched.
Pick108 Rnd4 Kalil Alexander
Of all the spots to shop, they chose edge rusher. Kalil Alexander in Round 4, Pick 8 leaves cornerback, tight end and other spots for later.
Pick114 Rnd4 Nyck Harbor
Taking Nyck Harbor in slot 114 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick190 Rnd6 Isaiah Augustave
They talked themselves into Isaiah Augustave at the 190th pick, and the board did not agree. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick204 Rnd6 Zach Rice
A big swing on Zach Rice at pick No. 204, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick226 Rnd7 Barion Brown
They paid up for Barion Brown at Round 7, Pick 9 when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.