The Bengals went off the board in a big way for Hayden Conner, 57 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. Hard to defend, and the D- reflects that.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It is not that Mukuba is a bad player; it is that the Bengals had louder needs to answer first. They banked enough surplus on Mukuba to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and tight end is still a hole.