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Charles Curtis

It took under 1 hour for the Bengals to re-sign and waive offensive lineman Fred Johnson

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.

Nearly 30 minutes later, it was reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Johnson … was being waived. That came after the team sign ex-Cowboys tackle La’el Collins, which might explain what happened here.

The tl;dr:

Not something you see every day!

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