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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Bengals and Mondon Jr.: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Bengals were there to profit. Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 110 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick No. 191.

Every board in the league had Ivey lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 3 of 8 of the wish list covered. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In the 17th pick they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Jared Ivey
They reached into another round for Jared Ivey, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick81 Rnd3 Aeneas Peebles
No drama and no debate, Aeneas Peebles went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 17. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick117 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke at pick 117 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick152 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
You do not let a safety like Malachi Moore reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick191 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
Circle this one: Smael Mondon Jr. at slot 191 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.