Bengals Signing LB Preston Brown

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Bengals are signing former Bills LB Preston Brown to a one-year contract on Friday.

• The news was first reported by Ryan Talbot.

Brown, 25, is a former third-round pick of the Bills back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3,005,750 and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent this offseason for the first time in his NFL career.

In 2017, Brown appeared in all 16 games for the Bills and recorded 144 tackles, no sacks or interceptions, and three pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 42 linebacker out of 87 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.