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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Bengals a B-.

The Bengals put a flag in the ground for Matthew Jones, 47 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Flournoy at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

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

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In pick No. 18 they get a blindside protector. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
Fair-plus on T'Vondre Sweat, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick80 Rnd3 Trey Benson
By-the-book stuff, Trey Benson at pick 80 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick97 Rnd3 Cedric Gray
Value said wait; Cedric Gray in Round 3, Pick 34 says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
A conviction pick on Ben Sinnott at slot 115 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick149 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
Grayson Murphy in the 149th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick194 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
Good price on Cornelius Johnson in Round 6, Pick 19, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick214 Rnd6 Johnny Dixon
Johnny Dixon at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick224 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
This one needs a full-page explanation: Matthew Jones in the 224th overall pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick237 Rnd7 Myles Harden
They will replay Myles Harden at slot 237 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ryan Flournoy
Steal is underselling it; Ryan Flournoy at No. 238 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.