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Bengals Planning To Place Franchise Tag On DE Michael Johnson

Found March 01, 2013 on GridironFans.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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The Cincinnati Bengals plan to to franchise defensive end Michael Johnson, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network and NFL.com reports citing a source. Nothing is official yet and they have until March 4 to do so. The one year franchise tag for defensive ends is worth $11.175 million. Source: The Redzone
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