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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Isaiah Neyor Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Isaiah Neyor
WR Texas
Mark Perry Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Mark Perry
S TCU
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Neyor: B.

The Bengals did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Isaiah Neyor fell into slot 238. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 18 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
They read the board right and Byron Murphy II was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 80 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
By-the-book stuff, Mohamed Kamara at No. 115 squarely in line with his ranking. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright in pick 151 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader at Round 5, Pick 37 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick196 Rnd6 Javon Baker
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Javon Baker at the 196th overall pick is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick238 Rnd7 Isaiah Neyor
They barely believed it either: Isaiah Neyor still on the board at the 238th pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick254 Rnd7 Mark Perry
They let Mark Perry come to them and pounced at No. 254. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.