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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Jalen Green Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jalen Green
S Mississippi State
Jordan Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jordan Johnson
WR Notre Dame
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

Every other box got a look, but cornerback did not. The Bengals will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

The cost of the Johnson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Gentry falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Job largely done: tight end settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 2, Pick 17 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
They liked Michael Hall Jr. enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 80. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick115 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves slid further than he should have, and No. 115 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick151 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
McCallan Castles at the 151st overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick173 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis in the 173rd pick is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jalen Green
A reach for Jalen Green in pick 196; a little patience would have been rewarded. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jordan Johnson
They reached into another round for Jordan Johnson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick254 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
Nice patience on Eric Gentry, who had no business lasting to the 254th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.