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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (CIN)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (CIN)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueA NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals robbed the room for Barron. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jahdae Barron slide, and the Bengals were the ones holding the card at slot 190. Highway robbery. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain. The back end got a real overhaul.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
The board fumbled Walter Nolen all the way to slot 44, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick78 Rnd3 Bradyn Swinson
A tidy bit of business in the 78th pick, where Bradyn Swinson graded well above the range. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick114 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
They robbed the room for Tate Ratledge here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick150 Rnd5 Ashton Jeanty
You do not let a running back like Ashton Jeanty reach No. 150 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick190 Rnd6 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron in pick 190 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.