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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 119 lands the Bengals a B-, Mukuba and all.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Andrew Mukuba tumbling to the Bengals in No. 119 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. The cost of the Ratledge reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
In the 17th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, reach and all.
Pick49 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at No. 49 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick81 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
By-the-book stuff, Donovan Jackson at pick No. 81 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick119 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
You do not let a safety like Andrew Mukuba reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick153 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Taking Darius Alexander in Round 5, Pick 15 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick193 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
They let Jack Kiser come to them and pounced at pick 193. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.