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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
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Bengals would have aced it. Cody Simon at the 254th pick is 107 spots clear of where he belonged. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

Landing Smith that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. With interior defensive lineman and quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 17 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value.
Pick49 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in the 49th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick81 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and quarterback sat open.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jason Marshall Jr.
Jason Marshall Jr. in Round 4, Pick 17 lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick154 Rnd5 AJ Barner
AJ Barner at pick No. 154 is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Miyan Williams
Miyan Williams at pick 173 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick195 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 195th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ainias Smith
Taking Ainias Smith in Round 7, Pick 18 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick254 Rnd7 Cody Simon
They talked themselves into Cody Simon at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.