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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (CIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals robbed the room for Magee. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jordan Magee had no business being available in slot 238, and the Bengals did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with tight end solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 JC Latham
In pick 18 they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Graham Barton
A quiet steal in Round 2, Pick 17: Graham Barton for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
They took Roman Wilson at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Michael Hall Jr.
Michael Hall Jr. in No. 115 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick151 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg in slot 151 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis in the 173rd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jared Wiley. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Steal is underselling it; Jordan Magee at pick No. 238 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick254 Rnd7 Carson Steele
Carson Steele in the Round 7 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.