Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Bengals came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

Bowman Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

The Michael Mayer pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

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