Future Defacto GM1'S MOCK DRAFT
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Future Defacto GM1'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 5, 2026

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  • Future Defacto GM1 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CIN)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Dae'Quan Wright Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dae'Quan Wright
TE Ole Miss
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Jadon Canady Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jadon Canady
CB Oregon
Jeremiah Wright Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jeremiah Wright
OG Auburn
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals won the night they stopped Golday from sliding. Grade: B-.

You could see the war room lean forward. Jake Golday at the 110th pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They are betting Styles proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In Round 1, Pick 10 they get a three-down second-level presence, though they paid up to get him.
Pick41 Rnd2 Lee Hunter
A straight-up fair deal on Lee Hunter at the 41st pick, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick72 Rnd3 A.J. Haulcy
Somehow A.J. Haulcy was still sitting there in slot 72, and they pounced on premier safety value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick110 Rnd4 Jake Golday
They robbed the room for Jake Golday here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick189 Rnd6 Dae'Quan Wright
They let Dae'Quan Wright come to them and pounced at pick 189. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jeff Caldwell
A quiet steal in the Round 6 slot: Jeff Caldwell for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick221 Rnd7 Jadon Canady
Jadon Canady at No. 221 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick226 Rnd7 Jeremiah Wright
Value with a capital V on Jeremiah Wright in the 226th overall pick, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.