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Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint...
WR Georgia
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Bengals, and a B to prove it.

The Bengals clearly saw something nobody else did in Hayden Hatten, taking him 73 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Rosemy-Jacksaint. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick No. 18 they get a load in the middle. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Tyler Guyton
They let Tyler Guyton come to them and pounced at slot 49. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Javon Bullard
Javon Bullard at pick 80 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick116 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ben Sinnott in No. 116, miles early. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in Round 5, Pick 12 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick175 Rnd5 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint
The board fumbled Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint all the way to the 175th overall pick, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
They took Christian Jones at par in slot 196, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick235 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at pick 235 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick252 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Hayden Hatten. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.