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Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (MIN)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C
ValueD- NeedC+ TradesC FutureB
The Bengals landed square in the muddy middle: C.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Bengals would have aced it. Antwaun Powell-Ryland at pick 49 is 109 spots clear of where he belonged. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C.

Gordon II at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with cornerback, tight end and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

Hit on Jack Sawyer and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In pick 17 they get a problem off the edge, reach and all.
Pick49 Rnd2 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
A curious use of slot 49. Cornerback, tight end and other spots needed the pick; an edge rusher in Antwaun Powell-Ryland did not.
Pick119 Rnd4 Trevor Etienne
A big swing on Trevor Etienne at the 119th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick153 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Logan Brown slid further than he should have, and No. 153 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick193 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
You do not let a running back like Ollie Gordon II reach pick No. 193 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.