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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (CIN)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Tip Reiman Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
Draft Picks Received
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
McClellan should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a D.

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Bengals, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McClellan. The Sinnott reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
No drama and no debate, Keon Coleman went about where he belonged in slot 38. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick49 Rnd2 Ruke Orhorhoro
They took Ruke Orhorhoro at par in Round 2, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Good price on Cooper Beebe in the 80th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It fills a real need, too.
Pick107 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine in pick No. 107 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick116 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at the 116th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick148 Rnd5 James Williams
They robbed the room for James Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick175 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
A clean, defensible pick in No. 175 with a little surplus value in Dillon Johnson. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick196 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
By-the-book stuff, Curtis Jacobs at pick 196 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick235 Rnd7 Jase McClellan
A running back of that caliber at slot 235 is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick252 Rnd7 Tip Reiman
Tip Reiman at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.