The Cincinnati Bengals have been just about as good as a team can be without winning a title the last two seasons with multiple conference championship game appearances and coming up just short of the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.

With the desire of getting over the championship hump burning in their bellies, the Bengals took to the NFL Draft last week to add more premium talent to assist in that. It was a successful weekend for the Bengals, getting help in several areas on both sides of the ball. 

Pro Football Focus was as impressed as anyone. They recently labeled the Bengals one of the teams that improved the most due to what they did in the draft. 

The Bengals went all defense on the first two days of the draft as they hit edge rusher, cornerback, and safety.

Myles Murphy allows them to future-proof their defensive line and build more of a rotation up front. The Clemson product looked like a future superstar during his freshman season and while he never quite developed the way he was expected to, he consistently flashed that top-end ability throughout his college career and has all the physical tools. He had a consistently good-not-great PFF pass-rushing grade in the high 70s and notched 35 total pressures last season.

D.J. Turner brings elite speed to the cornerback position and plays the game very much like Trent McDuffie, last year’s first-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs. Turner allowed 46.5% of passes thrown his way last season to be caught and pick No. 60 overall represents good value for a player that could start before long.

Jordan Battle was available at the back end of the third round due to pedestrian workout numbers, but he earned 80.0-plus PFF grades in each of the past three seasons starting for Alabama’s defense in the SEC – those are not insignificant credentials. 

Day three saw the Bengals bring in a running back and two wide receivers.

Receivers Charlie Jones and Andrei Iosivas in addition to running back Chase Brown could all find their way to contributing either on offense or in the return game while Brad Robbins may end up being the answer to a punt game that ranked among the league’s worst last season. Kevin Huber and Drue Chrisman split the duties last season for the Bengals, but each had a PFF grade in the 50s.

Cincinnati should be applauded for this draft haul. They have several guys who will contribute right away, and they didn't have to give up any prime draft picks or make any big trades to do so. 

The front office for the Bengals nailed this draft.