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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Picks Traded
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (KC)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Players Gained
Head Shot
Chris Jones
DT
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Bengals cashed the board's mistake on Moore: B+.

The board owed the Bengals one, and it paid up: Malachi Moore, the No. 95 name on the board, sitting there at slot 152 like a gift left on the doorstep. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. Chris Jones gives the group a proven body among the projects.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In slot 17 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick81 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at the 81st pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick117 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor in Round 4, Pick 16 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick152 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Taking Malachi Moore in the 152nd overall pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick191 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
They let Ollie Gordon II come to them and pounced at the Round 6 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.