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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
DB Missouri
Antwane Wells Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Antwane Wells Jr.
WR South Carolina
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Will Sheppard
WR Vanderbilt
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Bengals, and a B- to prove it.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Bengals shredded theirs for Carson Steele. He came off 39 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

They banked enough surplus on Jacobs to cover a lot of smaller sins. They will answer for taking defensive back early while cornerback, interior defensive lineman and other spots went begging. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick No. 17 they get a building block for the line at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 49th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick81 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went defensive back with Kris Abrams-Draine while clear needs at cornerback, interior defensive lineman and other spots sat open.
Pick117 Rnd4 Antwane Wells Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 17 with a little surplus value in Antwane Wells Jr.. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick154 Rnd5 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey at the 154th pick is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Gabriel Murphy
Fair-plus on Gabriel Murphy, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick195 Rnd6 Carson Steele
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Carson Steele well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick238 Rnd7 Curtis Jacobs
The board fumbled Curtis Jacobs all the way to the 238th pick, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick254 Rnd7 Will Sheppard
They robbed the room for Will Sheppard here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.