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Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tyler Batty
DE-EDGE BYU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Bengals, and a C+ to match.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Bengals did exactly that with Tyler Batty in No. 193. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

With cornerback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 2 of 8 of the wish list covered.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

If Mike Green and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Mike Green
In pick No. 17 they get a disruptor off the edge, though they paid up to get him.
Pick49 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
A straight-up fair deal on Alfred Collins at pick 49, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick81 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Fair-plus on Isaiah Bond, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick119 Rnd4 Jah Joyner
A surprising call. With cornerback, tight end and other spots still to address, they spent Round 4, Pick 17 on Jah Joyner, an edge rusher they were not short of.
Pick153 Rnd5 Ty Robinson
Ty Robinson in No. 153 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick193 Rnd6 Tyler Batty
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tyler Batty in the Round 6 slot, miles early. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.