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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (CIN)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (DET)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesC+ FutureB
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bengals for Thornton Jr.: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Dont'e Thornton Jr., the No. 185 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 246.

They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with tight end solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get an every-down engine for the run game, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Good price on Xavier Watts in the Round 2 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick101 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
They will replay Mason Taylor at No. 101 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick118 Rnd4 Charles Grant
They robbed the room for Charles Grant here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick154 Rnd5 Savion Williams
The board fumbled Savion Williams all the way to pick No. 154, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick195 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
They read the board right and JJ Pegues was the payoff at slot 195. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick227 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in the 227th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Taking Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 246th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.