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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (CIN)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (CIN)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (CIN)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (CIN)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (CIN)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (CIN)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (KC)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DET)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (BUF)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (KC)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (DET)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Ahmed Hassanein Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ahmed Hassanein
DL-EDGE Boise State
Players Gained
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DaQuan Jones
DT
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Skyy Moore
WR
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Daron Payne
DT
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Tommy Togiai
DT
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB+
The Bengals let Alexander fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

Whoever sat across the table from the Bengals should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend.

The Alexander pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They will need Burch to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Bottom line, with Tyler Warren leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In No. 30 they get a security blanket over the middle at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick63 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch at pick No. 63 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick101 Rnd3 Zy Alexander
They barely believed it either: Zy Alexander still on the board at pick 101. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick108 Rnd4 Charles Grant
Charles Grant slipping to Round 4, Pick 7 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick118 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
Jaylin Noel in slot 118 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick167 Rnd5 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in the 167th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick195 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner at Round 6, Pick 17 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick198 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
Taking JJ Pegues in pick No. 198 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jahvaree Ritzie
Jahvaree Ritzie at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.