The Bengals have drafted pretty poorly in the Joe Burrow era and a breakdown from X user Gridiron Grading summed it up pretty well recently.
Check out his look at the picks from 2021-24, with the only clear hits being Chase Brown and Ja'Marr Chase over these past few drafts:
Bengals 2021-2024 Draft Classes | NFL Production / Impact
— Gridiron Grading (@GridironGrading) January 15, 2025
Home runs: Ja’Marr, Brown
Good: CTB, Mims, Volson, Iosivas
Okay: Battle, Newton
Yikes: Murphy and a lot more
When looking at all 32 NFL teams, the impact from these 4 years of draft classes ranks towards the bottom. pic.twitter.com/OSnoCmbYKF
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