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The draft is done. Seven picks, no first round, no linebacker, and somehow the Bengals walked out of Pittsburgh with one of the better hauls in the league. The defensive line is now absurd. The offensive line has a future. And yes, the linebacker room is still a question mark. We'll get to all of it.
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THE DRAFT
From Start To Finish
Here's the full class: Cashius Howell (EDGE, Texas A&M, Round 2), Tacario Davis (CB, Washington, Round 3), Connor Lew (C, Auburn, Round 4), Colbie Young (WR, Georgia, Round 4), Brian Parker II (OL, Duke, Round 6), Jack Endries (TE, Texas, Round 7), Landon Robinson (DT, Navy, Round 7).
The Bengals traded picks 110 and 199 to the Jets to move back to 128 and 140, netting both Lew and Young in the fourth round.
The Day 3 value was real. Parker was a consensus fourth-round prospect who fell to 189, Endries projected round four or five and landed at 221, Robinson was on some boards nearly 100 spots higher. Zac Taylor called it "a heckuva job." Hard to argue.
The Bengals didn't draft a single linebacker in a class where Jacob Rodriguez and CJ Allen were both still on the board at 41. The front office said linebackers were ranked and it just didn't fall that way. Maybe. But this was the weakest position on the roster in 2025, and they finished the draft without addressing it.
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DEFENSIVE LINE
We’ve Got Depth
Lawrence, Allen, Hill, Mafe, Murphy, Stewart, Howell, Slaton, Jenkins, Jackson, and now Robinson. That's eleven bodies for a defensive line that was gutted two months ago. Al Golden said in February he wanted to "come at people in waves." That's not a slogan anymore.
The Seahawks and Eagles won championships building this way. The Bengals have now explicitly copied the blueprint. Whether it works is a different question. But the construction is real.
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OFFENSIVE LINE
Things Are Looking Up
Connor Lew would have been a second-round pick without the ACL tear. He says he'll be 100 percent for training camp, is tracking ahead of schedule, and has been doing exactly what Bengals centers are asked to do since he was a freshman at Auburn. If he's right, they got Ted Karras's successor in the fourth round.
Brian Parker II is from Cincinnati, went to St. X, fell to the sixth round despite being a consensus fourth-rounder, and can play all five positions on the line. Jack Endries is already keeping a list of every team that passed on him.
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