The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed a deal to sign former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Tank Johnson.
Former Cowboys DT opts to join Bengals as free agent
The Cincinnati Bengals have agreed a deal to sign former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Tank Johnson.
Former Chicago Bear Johnson became a free agent at the end of last season as the Cowboys looked to cut any disruptive influences out of their locker room.
The 27-year-old played in all 16 matches for Dallas last season, but has at times been in disciplinary trouble, which led to him leaving the Bears and heading to Texas.
Johnson played for three years at Soldier Field but, after several legal problems and an eight-game ban from the NFL, he was released.
After being let go again, this time by the Cowboys, Johnson will now be heading to Ohio to join the Bengals, according to his agent Jerrold Colton.
Talent
"We feel like this is a better defence for Tank to show his talent," Colton told the team's website.
"He was extremely impressed with the coaches in their meetings with him and he's looking forward to working really hard for them. He is only 27 and has a lot of football left."
Johnson will be able to fit into the 4-3 defensive scheme planned to be used by the Bengals in the coming season.
Meanwhile, Ohio State Highway Patrol say Bengals cornerback Leon Hall was arrested in southwest Ohio and charged with drunken driving.
According to a police report, a state trooper stopped Hall's 2007 Mercedes Benz just after 3 a.m. Sunday in Clermont County, west of Cincinnati. Hall, 24, acknowledged that he had been drinking and took a breath test that showed a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.149. The legal limit in Ohio is 0.08.
Hall, a first-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2007, is the first Bengals player to face criminal charges in nearly a year. He's scheduled to be arraigned in Clermont County Municipal Court on Friday.
