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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Leonard Moore Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (CIN)
Leonard Moore
CB Notre Dame
Braylon Staley Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CIN)
Braylon Staley
WR Tennessee
Trey Leckner Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (CIN)
Trey Leckner
TE Washington State
Payton Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (CIN)
Payton Pierce
LB Ohio State
Xavier Gilliam Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (CIN)
Xavier Gilliam
DL Tennessee
Shadre Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CIN)
Shadre Hurst
OG Houston
Zeke Berry Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CIN)
Zeke Berry
CB Michigan
Ryan Baer Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ryan Baer
OT Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall C+
ValueD NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bengals landed square in the muddy middle: C+.

The war room fell hard for Trey Leckner, and it showed at the Round 3 slot: 338 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

However the rest shakes out, Berry at that price is a win they earned. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Leonard Moore
In pick No. 23 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Braylon Staley
Braylon Staley at Round 2, Pick 24 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Trey Leckner
A big swing on Trey Leckner at the 87th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick99 Rnd3 Payton Pierce
Payton Pierce at the 99th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick126 Rnd4 Xavier Gilliam
Xavier Gilliam in pick 126 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick162 Rnd5 Shadre Hurst
They let Shadre Hurst come to them and pounced at slot 162. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick203 Rnd6 Zeke Berry
You do not let a cornerback like Zeke Berry reach the 203rd overall pick and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick244 Rnd7 Ryan Baer
Ryan Baer at the 244th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.