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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Daijahn Anthony Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Daijahn Anthony
CB Mississippi
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Bengals did exactly that with Justin Rogers in the 149th overall pick. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

Getting Vaki where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
Olumuyiwa Fashanu slipping to the 18th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
The board had Xavier Legette higher than Round 2, Pick 17, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick80 Rnd3 McKinnley Jackson
A wild overpay on McKinnley Jackson in the 80th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick97 Rnd3 Braelon Allen
They jumped the gun on Braelon Allen, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker in pick No. 115 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick149 Rnd5 Justin Rogers
Justin Rogers at slot 149 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick194 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
They barely believed it either: Sione Vaki still on the board at the 194th pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick214 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford is a better player than pick No. 214 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick224 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
They robbed the room for Johnny Dixon here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick237 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Value with a capital V on Jordan Magee in the Round 7 slot, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick238 Rnd7 Daijahn Anthony
No drama and no debate, Daijahn Anthony went about where he belonged in No. 238. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.