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Draft Selections
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (CIN)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Vicari Swain Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Vicari Swain
CB South Carolina
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (CIN)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Tony Rojas Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tony Rojas
LB Penn State
Brandon Inniss Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CIN)
Brandon Inniss
WR Ohio State
Langston Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CIN)
Langston Hardy
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Caleb Odom Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CIN)
Caleb Odom
TE Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (CAR)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Draft Picks Traded
Kelley Jones Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (CAR)
Kelley Jones
CB Mississippi State
Brice Pollock Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (CHI)
Brice Pollock
CB Texas Tech
Players Gained
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Luther Burden III
WR
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D'Andre Swift
RB
Players traded away
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Andrei Iosivas
WR
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Chase Brown
RB
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Bengals: B.

The Bengals clearly saw something nobody else did in Langston Hardy, taking him 70 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Pieper. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The veteran additions, D'Andre Swift chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Will Echoles
In pick 19 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Vicari Swain
They paid up for Vicari Swain at the 56th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick99 Rnd3 Kade Pieper
Kade Pieper at the 99th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick125 Rnd4 Tony Rojas
Circle this one: Tony Rojas at the Round 4 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick162 Rnd5 Brandon Inniss
A big swing on Brandon Inniss at Round 5, Pick 23, well ahead of any board in the building. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick203 Rnd6 Langston Hardy
Langston Hardy at slot 203 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick244 Rnd7 Caleb Odom
Caleb Odom in slot 244 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.