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Draft Selections
Peter Woods Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CIN)
Peter Woods
DL-EDGE Clemson
KC Concepcion Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CIN)
KC Concepcion
WR Texas A&M
Anto Saka Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CIN)
Anto Saka
DE-EDGE Northwestern
Boubacar Traore Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CIN)
Boubacar Traore
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Terrance Carter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CIN)
Terrance Carter Jr.
TE Texas Tech
Antonio Kite Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Antonio Kite
CB Ole Miss
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (CIN)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The Anto Saka selection is the head-turner. The Bengals reached 35 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

Getting Kite where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with offensive lineman, linebacker and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Peter Woods
In slot 9 they get a problem off the edge at fair value. More want than need.
Pick44 Rnd2 KC Concepcion
Quietly one of the better values of the day, KC Concepcion at the Round 2 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick75 Rnd3 Anto Saka
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Anto Saka adds an edge rusher and leaves offensive lineman, linebacker and other spots untouched.
Pick110 Rnd4 Boubacar Traore
A curious use of Round 4, Pick 10. Offensive lineman, linebacker and other spots needed the pick; an edge rusher in Boubacar Traore did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Terrance Carter Jr.
Nice patience on Terrance Carter Jr., who had no business lasting to No. 148. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick195 Rnd6 Antonio Kite
You do not let a cornerback like Antonio Kite reach the 195th pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick229 Rnd7 Bear Alexander
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Bear Alexander. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.