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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (CIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (MIA)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Draft Picks Traded
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIA)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kendall Fuller
CB
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in the 224th pick lands the Bengals a B+, McGlothern and all.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Dwight McGlothern, the No. 161 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They are betting Harrell proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 21st overall pick they get a sticky cover corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Value with a capital V on Xavier Legette in pick No. 49, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Patrick Paul at the Round 3 slot is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick97 Rnd3 Bralen Trice
Somehow Bralen Trice was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 34, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They paid up for Ben Sinnott at the 115th pick when waiting would have done the job. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick149 Rnd5 Isaac Guerendo
You do not let a running back like Isaac Guerendo reach pick 149 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
The board had cheaper options than Jaylen Harrell at No. 194, and it noticed. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick214 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
A quiet steal in slot 214: Julian Pearl for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick224 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
A cornerback of that caliber at Round 7, Pick 4 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick237 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
Rasheen Ali at the Round 7 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick238 Rnd7 Evan Williams
Evan Williams in No. 238 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.