Cincinnati Bengals, 2017.
11 picks, re-graded by realized career value against slot par — what a perfect re-draft returns at each slot.
Class rank
17th of 32
Net value vs. slot
-3 Career Score
Career Score drafted
314
Slot par
317
The best pick
Carl LawsonOLB · round 4, pick 116
Taken 116th; career value ranks 51st in the class — +28 Career Score over slot par.The pick they'd want back
John RossWR · round 1, pick 9
Pick 9 returned 33 Career Score against a slot par of 78.The full class
Slot par is the Career Score of the class's Nth-best career, N being the pick number. Value vs. slot is what the pick returned against that bar.
| Rd | Pick | Player | Pos | Career Score | PB | AP | Re-draft slot | Slot par | Value vs. slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | John Ross | WR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 78 | -45 |
| 2 | 48 | Joe Mixon | RB | 64 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 58 | +6 |
| 3 | 73 | Jordan Willis | OLB | 37 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 48 | -11 |
| 4 | 116 | Carl Lawson | OLB | 57 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 29 | +28 |
| 4 | 128 | Josh Malone | WR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 26 | -17 |
| 4 | 138 | Ryan Glasgow | DT | 17 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 23 | -6 |
| 5 | 153 | Jake Elliott | K | 27 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 20 | +7 |
| 5 | 176 | JJ Dielman | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 15 | -15 |
| 6 | 193 | Jordan Evans | LB | 32 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 12 | +20 |
| 6 | 207 | Brandon Wilson | RB | 23 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 8 | +15 |
| 7 | 251 | Mason Schreck | TE | 16 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 | +16 |
More on this class: the full 2017 re-grade · year-one hindsight · haul grades · CIN team hub