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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Khyree Jackson
DB Oregon
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Steve Linton Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Steve Linton
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Brant Kuithe Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Brant Kuithe
TE Utah
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Linton fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Steve Linton sat on the board until No. 238, and the Bengals did not need to be asked twice.

The Jackson pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at linebacker, quarterback and other spots. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

The Kuithe reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at the Round 1 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick49 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
They paid sticker price for Patrick Paul in the 49th overall pick, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick81 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III in No. 81 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick117 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A surprising call. With linebacker, quarterback and other spots still to address, they spent pick No. 117 on Khyree Jackson, a defensive back they were not short of.
Pick154 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
No drama and no debate, Antwaun Powell-Ryland went about where he belonged in the 154th pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at Round 5, Pick 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick195 Rnd6 Jamari Thrash
They robbed the room for Jamari Thrash here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Steve Linton
They will replay Steve Linton at pick 238 for years; that is how good the value is. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick254 Rnd7 Brant Kuithe
They went early on Brant Kuithe in slot 254, and the value did not follow. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.