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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Bengals took Hayden Hatten a full 47 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman, linebacker and other spots. That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In slot 18 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in the 49th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves interior defensive lineman, linebacker and other spots untouched.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at pick 115 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick151 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
They took Braelon Allen at par in pick No. 151, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo slipping to the Round 5 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
They did well to land Christian Jones in pick No. 196, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
They paid up for Dwight McGlothern at the 238th pick when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten in the 254th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.