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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CIN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CIN)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CIN)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals let Higgins fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jay Higgins, the Round 6 slot, roughly 65 picks past where he belonged.

A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. Every board in the league had Fairchild lower, and that gap is the story. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In No. 13 they get a centerfielder for the defense at fair value.
Pick44 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
They liked Dylan Fairchild enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 2 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick75 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Deone Walker in Round 3, Pick 11 lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick116 Rnd4 Devin Neal
Taking Devin Neal in the 116th pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jayden Higgins
They read the board right and Jayden Higgins was the payoff at the 150th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
You do not let a linebacker like Jay Higgins reach slot 189 and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.