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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Bengals.

The war room fell hard for Tonka Hemingway, and it showed at pick No. 191: 38 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

Watts falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In No. 17 they get a matchup problem out wide, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jihaad Campbell at Round 2, Pick 17. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick81 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in the Round 3 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in pick 117 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jaeden Roberts
They went early on Jaeden Roberts in the 152nd pick, and the value did not follow. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick191 Rnd6 Tonka Hemingway
A wild overpay on Tonka Hemingway in pick No. 191, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.