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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jonah Monheim
OT USC
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ashton Gillotte
DL-EDGE Louisville
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 88th pick lands the Bengals a B, Benson and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Trey Benson had no business being available in Round 3, Pick 25, and the Bengals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. They are betting Stover proves the room right and everyone else wrong. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In the 24th overall pick they get a matchup problem out wide at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kris Abrams-Draine
The board fumbled Kris Abrams-Draine all the way to the 56th pick, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick88 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Trey Benson in slot 88, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cade Stover
Cade Stover at pick 124 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
They let Jonah Monheim come to them and pounced at Round 5, Pick 25. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick173 Rnd5 Ashton Gillotte
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ashton Gillotte at No. 173 is the proof. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick202 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Oronde Gadsden II. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick245 Rnd7 Kamal Hadden
A quiet steal in pick No. 245: Kamal Hadden for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick254 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
Walter Rouse in Round 7, Pick 34 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.