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JamesGB1969 DRAFTING FOR THEBengals
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Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall
A-
ValueB
NeedB-
TradesA+
FutureA+
The Bengals won the night they stopped Stockton from sliding. Grade: A-. The Bengals spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Gunner Stockton, the No. 173 name on the board, in slot 225.
The cost of the Kearney reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.
The Bengals indulged a want in Traore while a need in linebacker stayed open.
Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.
Pick Analysis
Pick43
Rnd2
LT Overton
The board fumbled LT Overton all the way to slot 43, and they scooped it up. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick66
Rnd3
Kamari Ramsey
Kamari Ramsey at pick No. 66 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick88
Rnd3
A.J. Harris
Steal is underselling it; A.J. Harris at the 88th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick123
Rnd4
C.J. Fite
C.J. Fite slipping to No. 123 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick125
Rnd4
Boubacar Traore
A surprising call. With linebacker still to address, they spent the 125th overall pick on Boubacar Traore, an edge rusher they were not short of.
Pick161
Rnd5
Logan Jones
The board had Logan Jones higher than pick 161, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick164
Rnd5
Michael Trigg
Michael Trigg in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick168
Rnd5
Max Iheanachor
Max Iheanachor at Round 5, Pick 28 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick170
Rnd5
Vincent Anthony Jr.
They talked themselves into Vincent Anthony Jr. at Round 5, Pick 30, and the board did not agree. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick189
Rnd6
Dane Key
They jumped the gun on Dane Key, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick197
Rnd6
Isaiah Jatta
A straight-up fair deal on Isaiah Jatta at slot 197, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick198
Rnd6
Roderick Kearney
This one needs a full-page explanation: Roderick Kearney in pick No. 198, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick221
Rnd7
Quinten Joyner
No drama and no debate, Quinten Joyner went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick225
Rnd7
Gunner Stockton
Taking Gunner Stockton in No. 225 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick230
Rnd7
Kalil Alexander
Kalil Alexander in the 230th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick245
Rnd7
Daevin Hobbs
Daevin Hobbs at the 245th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.

























