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Report: Bengals and Michael Johnson agree to a four-year deal

Hours after news broke that Rey Maualuga agreed to a four-year deal worth a total value of $4.66 million, Richard Kopelman, the agent for Michael Johnson, said that his client will be signing a four-year deal soon. Geoff Hobson writes that the deal is "in the range of a $863,000 guarantee with a play-time escalator that can net him more than a million in salary in the last year." Pro Football Talk writes that the "total maximum value of the deal is $3.47 million if a fourth-year escalator clause is triggered. Per our source, it's a two-level escalator based on his playing time." PFT puts the signing bonus at $863,020 -- as if $20 matters.

Now that Johnson is reportedly signing, the focus, from fans and the media, will turn exclusively to Andre Smith (as if it wasn't before). However, there's a lot of questions. Like how close to Mark Sanchez's deal will the Bengals go, considering Sanchez is possibly a franchise-like quarterback, generally valued much higher than a right tackle. Will the Bengals wait until the Raiders agree to terms with Darrius Heyward-Bey, who is now an official holdout, not reporting to camp on Wednesday?

CinBengal_85 asks if Michael Johnson will compete for defensive rookie of the year.

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Oh Andre...

Sign the paper. Yes ! Maualuga & Johnson in the same day…Sweet !

by laibach on Jul 29, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions  

and then there was one..

big money! big money! no holdout! no holdout! STOP!

by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Jul 29, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions  

LOL...good one.

Let’s hope the Bengals don’t land on BANKRUPT for having signed him, eh?

by TheWalrus1971 on Jul 29, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just saw that Heyward Bey signed in Oakland

So now Andre is slotted now, hopefully the last deal gets done soon.

by jim0ijk on Jul 30, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions  

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Depends on how well Keels and the Bengals are willing to concede. I have a massive piece on this written, but need to DHB’s contract information to complete it. Plus, we’re going to see Transformers 2 really soon. When DHB contract details come out, someone write up a FanPost? :)

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by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 30, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

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