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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Theo Wease Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Theo Wease Jr.
WR Missouri
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
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-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Bengals: B-.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Hayden Hatten at the 254th overall pick, a reach of 68 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Sanders falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In Round 1, Pick 18 they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A reach for T'Vondre Sweat in slot 49; a little patience would have been rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick80 Rnd3 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders at the 80th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick115 Rnd4 Max Melton
Max Melton at No. 115 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick151 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
A tidy little value on Dylan Laube in the 151st pick, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick173 Rnd5 Theo Wease Jr.
They took Theo Wease Jr. at par in pick 173, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett at the 196th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
They barely believed it either: Dwight McGlothern still on the board at No. 238. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick254 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
They talked themselves into Hayden Hatten at Round 7, Pick 34, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.