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Draft Selections
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (CIN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (CIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (CIN)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (CIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (CIN)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DAL)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (DAL)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

The Bengals looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took DeMonte Capehart at pick 148 regardless, 127 picks early.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. That Legette pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In slot 18 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Xavier Legette at Round 2, Pick 17. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Josh Newton
Josh Newton at pick 87 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick116 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Robinson. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick125 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
They reached into another round for Braelon Allen, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick148 Rnd5 DeMonte Capehart
DeMonte Capehart in No. 148 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson at Round 5, Pick 37 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick175 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
They read the board right and Chau Smith-Wade was the payoff at pick No. 175. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick196 Rnd6 Christian Jones
They paid sticker price for Christian Jones in pick 196, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick235 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
A tidy bit of business in No. 235, where Brevyn Spann-Ford graded well above the range. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick252 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
A quiet steal in the 252nd pick: Joshua Cephus for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.