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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals won the night they stopped Jones Jr. from sliding. Grade: B-.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Bengals were there to profit. Emery Jones Jr., the No. 121 name on the board, should have been long gone before the Round 5 slot. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Winston Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In pick No. 17 they get an anchor for the defensive front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Marcus Mbow
They took Marcus Mbow at par in Round 2, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick81 Rnd3 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at the 81st pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick119 Rnd4 Cobee Bryant
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cobee Bryant. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick153 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
They robbed the room for Emery Jones Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick193 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
No edge and no loss on Tahj Brooks in pick 193; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.