There is a lot to like until you notice cornerback is still a hole. The Bengals never got to the one that mattered most. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.

The cost of the Booker reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

If Tyler Booker and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.