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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (CIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CIN)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CIN)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Carter Bradley Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CIN)
Carter Bradley
QB South Alabama
Evan Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Evan Anderson
DL Florida Atlantic
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Carter Bradley, 58 picks early at pick 237.

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

Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick49 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at Round 2, Pick 17 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick80 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Michael Hall Jr.. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick97 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at pick No. 97 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick115 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They paid up for Ben Sinnott at the 115th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick149 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis in pick 149 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick194 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at slot 194 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick214 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
They robbed the room for Cornelius Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
They let Garret Greenfield come to them and pounced at pick No. 224. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick237 Rnd7 Carter Bradley
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Carter Bradley well ahead of where he belonged. It fills a real need, too.
Pick238 Rnd7 Evan Anderson
Evan Anderson at No. 238 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.