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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR UCLA
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Jestin Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jestin Jacobs
LB Oregon
Benjamin Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Benjamin Yurosek
TE Stanford
Brant Kuithe Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Brant Kuithe
TE Utah
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick 49 lands the Bengals a B, Turner and all.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Dallas Turner, the No. 22 name on the board, stolen at Round 2, Pick 17. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In No. 17 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Dallas Turner
They robbed the room for Dallas Turner here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick81 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
Taking Byron Murphy II in pick 81 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick117 Rnd4 Troy Fautanu
A clean, defensible pick in slot 117 with a little surplus value in Troy Fautanu. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick154 Rnd5 J. Michael Sturdivant
No drama and no debate, J. Michael Sturdivant went about where he belonged in the 154th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick173 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha in Round 5, Pick 37 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick195 Rnd6 Jestin Jacobs
A straight-up fair deal on Jestin Jacobs at the Round 6 slot, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Benjamin Yurosek
Benjamin Yurosek in the 238th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick254 Rnd7 Brant Kuithe
By-the-book stuff, Brant Kuithe at the Round 7 slot squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.