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Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CIN)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CIN)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (CIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CIN)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (CIN)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Hampton fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Omarion Hampton, the No. 15 name on the board, sitting there at the 114th pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

If Dellinger pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

With cornerback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
A straight-up fair deal on Abdul Carter at pick No. 13, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick44 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Bradyn Swinson adds an edge rusher and leaves cornerback, tight end and other spots untouched.
Pick78 Rnd3 Malachi Moore
The board fumbled Malachi Moore all the way to No. 78, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick114 Rnd4 Omarion Hampton
Steal is underselling it; Omarion Hampton at slot 114 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jay Higgins
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jay Higgins in Round 5, Pick 12, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick190 Rnd6 Garrett Dellinger
A real head-scratcher, Garrett Dellinger in the Round 6 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.