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  • Daddygaff DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bengals
Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Bengals.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Bengals took Hayden Conner a full 72 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. Harmon falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In pick 17 they get a rangy last line of defense at fair value.
Pick49 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
They robbed the room for Derrick Harmon here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick81 Rnd3 Danny Stutsman
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Danny Stutsman. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick119 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
A quiet steal in slot 119: Smael Mondon Jr. for less than the market said. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick153 Rnd5 CJ West
CJ West at Round 5, Pick 15 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
A wild overpay on Hayden Conner in the 193rd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.