The Bengals treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 154 on Cobee Bryant a full 31 spots early. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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