Nightmare22'S MOCK DRAFT
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Nightmare22'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 20, 2026

4/20/26

  • Nightmare22 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Devin Moore Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Devin Moore
CB Florida
Ar'maj Reed-Adams Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
OG Texas A&M
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CIN)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Riley Nowakowski Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (CIN)
Riley Nowakowski
TE Indiana
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 72nd overall pick lands the Bengals a B, Rodriguez and all.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jacob Rodriguez slide, and the Bengals were the ones holding the card at pick 72. Highway robbery. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Reaching for Spears-Jennings left real value on the table behind him.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick41 Rnd2 Omar Cooper Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 41 with a little surplus value in Omar Cooper Jr.. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
A linebacker of that caliber at No. 72 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick110 Rnd4 Devin Moore
Devin Moore in the 110th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick189 Rnd6 Ar'maj Reed-Adams
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Ar'maj Reed-Adams at Round 6, Pick 8. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick199 Rnd6 Zane Durant
Zane Durant at pick 199 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick221 Rnd7 Riley Nowakowski
No drama and no debate, Riley Nowakowski went about where he belonged in slot 221. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick226 Rnd7 Robert Spears-Jennings
They jumped the gun on Robert Spears-Jennings, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.