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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (CIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Moose Muhammad III Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CIN)
Moose Muhammad III
WR Texas A&M
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CIN)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Ali Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ali Jennings
WR Virginia Tech
Draft Picks Received
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Bengals lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Bengals spent No. 117 on Mike Sainristil, a name most had 34 spots down the list.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Landing Hart that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In the 17th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick26 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in slot 26 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick49 Rnd2 Byron Murphy II
They jumped the gun on Byron Murphy II, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick81 Rnd3 Audric Estime
Audric Estime in Round 3, Pick 17 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick117 Rnd4 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil in the 117th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick154 Rnd5 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at pick No. 154 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Moose Muhammad III
Moose Muhammad III is a better player than No. 173 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick195 Rnd6 Cam Hart
You do not let a cornerback like Cam Hart reach Round 6, Pick 20 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
A conviction pick on Eric Gentry at the Round 7 slot that the board grades a round light. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick254 Rnd7 Ali Jennings
Ali Jennings in the 254th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.