horseman1966'S MOCK DRAFT

Bengals 3rd try

  • horseman1966 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (CIN)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (CIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (CIN)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Dylan McMahon Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dylan McMahon
C North Carolina State
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Draft Picks Received
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesC- FutureB+
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Williams: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Isaiah Williams, No. 230, roughly 39 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Holker has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 18th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at No. 80 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick108 Rnd4 DeWayne Carter
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in DeWayne Carter. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jamari Thrash
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Jamari Thrash in pick No. 115, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick130 Rnd4 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker at slot 130 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick151 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
They paid sticker price for Braelon Allen in Round 5, Pick 15, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Circle this one: Jaylin Simpson at the 173rd pick is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at pick 196 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick230 Rnd7 Isaiah Williams
They robbed the room for Isaiah Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dylan McMahon
Dylan McMahon in pick No. 238 lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick254 Rnd7 Tatum Bethune
Tatum Bethune in No. 254 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.