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    Bengals
Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (CIN)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 119 lands the Bengals a B-, Carter and all.

Thirty-one other rooms let Barrett Carter slide, and the Bengals were the ones holding the card at slot 119. Highway robbery.

They are betting West proves the room right and everyone else wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In pick No. 17 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
A clean, defensible pick in slot 49 with a little surplus value in Xavier Watts. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick81 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
Cameron Williams at No. 81 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick119 Rnd4 Barrett Carter
You do not let a linebacker like Barrett Carter reach the 119th pick and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick153 Rnd5 CJ West
A real head-scratcher, CJ West in the 153rd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick193 Rnd6 Howard Cross III
Value said wait; Howard Cross III in pick 193 says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.