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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Aubrey Burks Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Aubrey Burks
S West Virginia
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 5, Pick 15 lands the Bengals a B-, Jackson and all.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Bengals were there to profit. Khyree Jackson, the No. 121 name on the board, should have been long gone before No. 151.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman and quarterback.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
They took Taliese Fuaga at par in No. 18, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick49 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
They paid sticker price for Ja'Tavion Sanders in the 49th overall pick, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 80 on Maason Smith with interior defensive lineman and quarterback unsolved.
Pick115 Rnd4 Audric Estime
Audric Estime slid further than he should have, and pick 115 is lovely value for the running back. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick151 Rnd5 Khyree Jackson
They robbed the room for Khyree Jackson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
They let Ainias Smith come to them and pounced at Round 5, Pick 37. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 6 slot with a little surplus value in Michael Barrett. It fills a real need, too.
Pick238 Rnd7 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
They jumped the gun on Antwaun Powell-Ryland, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick254 Rnd7 Aubrey Burks
Aubrey Burks in pick No. 254 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.