It looked like offensive lineman Fred Johnson was coming back to the Cincinnati Bengals after spending three seasons with the franchise in need of all the O-line help it could get.
But something happened Tuesday morning that made him go from re-signing with the AFC champs to hitting the waiver wire … in under an hour.
Let’s explain: Johnson was a restricted free agent this offseason, and at 9:30 AM ET the Bengals announced he was back and re-signed.