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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
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Harris should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tre Harris had no business being available in the 238th overall pick, and the Bengals did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 17 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
They paid sticker price for Cooper Beebe in No. 49, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jaylin Simpson
No drama and no debate, Jaylin Simpson went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 17. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick117 Rnd4 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams in the 117th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick154 Rnd5 Luke Lachey
A tidy little value on Luke Lachey in the 154th overall pick, a step better than break-even. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Raheim Sanders
A straight-up fair deal on Raheim Sanders at pick 173, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick195 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
The board fumbled De'Corian Clark all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick238 Rnd7 Tre Harris
Tre Harris at pick No. 238 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Omar Speights
Steal is underselling it; Omar Speights at slot 254 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.