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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Rice fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

You could see the war room lean forward. Brenden Rice at the Round 4 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 JC Latham
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on JC Latham. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 49 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jaylin Simpson
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylin Simpson at pick 81, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick117 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at Round 4, Pick 17 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick154 Rnd5 AJ Barner
They read the board right and AJ Barner was the payoff at the Round 5 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick173 Rnd5 Gabriel Murphy
They did well to land Gabriel Murphy in slot 173, just ahead of his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick195 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at the 195th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick238 Rnd7 Omar Speights
Omar Speights at the 238th pick is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick254 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A reasonable price with a little left over, Taulia Tagovailoa in No. 254. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.