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  • Holwadel9 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Bengals and Phillips: B.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Jordan Phillips, the No. 112 name on the board, sitting there at Round 5, Pick 15 like a gift left on the doorstep. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

The Williams pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 17th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Benjamin Morrison
Fair-plus on Benjamin Morrison, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick81 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Circle this one: Kaleb Johnson at Round 3, Pick 17 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick118 Rnd4 Darien Porter
Darien Porter at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jordan Phillips
They will replay Jordan Phillips at pick No. 154 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick195 Rnd6 John Williams
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for John Williams. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.