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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CIN)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tyler Batty
DL-EDGE BYU
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 202: the Bengals steal Batty and grade out a B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Tyler Batty, the No. 175 name on the board, stolen at the 202nd overall pick. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

If Brooks pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at the 56th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in pick No. 88 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart at No. 124 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at slot 161 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Tahj Brooks
A big swing on Tahj Brooks at pick 173, well ahead of any board in the building. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick202 Rnd6 Tyler Batty
The board fumbled Tyler Batty all the way to the 202nd pick, and they scooped it up. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tim Smith
Tim Smith at Round 7, Pick 25 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Value said wait; Hayden Hatten in pick No. 254 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.