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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The Bengals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 154 on Hayden Conner a full 59 spots early.

A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. That Gordon II pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In slot 17 they get a run-stuffing presence up front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Ashton Gillotte
A reach for Ashton Gillotte in Round 2, Pick 17; a little patience would have been rewarded. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick81 Rnd3 Danny Stutsman
A premium they did not need to pay, Danny Stutsman a notch or two before his time. The roster fit checks out.
Pick118 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips in the 118th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick154 Rnd5 Hayden Conner
They left a pile of value on the table to take Hayden Conner this early at the 154th pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick195 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 195 is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.