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Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CIN)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (CIN)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Barion Brown
WR Kentucky
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (CIN)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals kept it disciplined and banked a B.

The war room fell hard for Jimmy Horn Jr., and it showed at pick No. 222: 35 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

Winston Jr. at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Mason Graham
A straight-up fair deal on Mason Graham at slot 8, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick39 Rnd2 Shavon Revel Jr.
A reach for Shavon Revel Jr. in No. 39; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick76 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Pick112 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in Round 4, Pick 11, and they pounced on premier safety value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick148 Rnd5 Barion Brown
The board had cheaper options than Barion Brown at the 148th pick, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick184 Rnd6 Shemar Turner
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Shemar Turner at pick No. 184 is the proof. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
Jimmy Horn Jr. at No. 222 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.