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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bengals: B.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Bengals took Eyabi Okie-Anoma at No. 237, roughly 47 spots before his name belonged.

That Foster pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
A straight-up fair deal on Taliese Fuaga at pick 18, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick49 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in Round 2, Pick 17 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick80 Rnd3 Cade Stover
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 80 with a little surplus value in Cade Stover. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick97 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Maason Smith at the 97th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick115 Rnd4 Will Shipley
Will Shipley in No. 115 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick149 Rnd5 Javon Foster
They barely believed it either: Javon Foster still on the board at the Round 5 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick194 Rnd6 Ro Torrence
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ro Torrence in the 194th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick214 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
You do not let a wide receiver like Cornelius Johnson reach pick 214 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jaylan Ford
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jaylan Ford in pick No. 224, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick237 Rnd7 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
They talked themselves into Eyabi Okie-Anoma at No. 237, and the board did not agree. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick238 Rnd7 Evan Williams
Somehow Evan Williams was still sitting there in slot 238, and they pounced on premier safety value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.