Ka taƙaita labarin:  Michael Johnson zai koma Cincinnati bayan shekara mai rauni tare da Tampa Bay. Mai tsaron baya, mai shekara 28, ya sanya alkalami a kan takarda a kan yarjejeniyar shekaru hudu, yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 20. Tare da garanti na dala miliyan 6 a wannan shekara, Johnson zai kuma sami dala miliyan 7 daga yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 43.8 da ya yi da Buccaneers, rahoton ESPN. Zaɓin zagaye na uku a shekara ta 2009, Johnson ya shafe shekaru biyar na farko tare da Bengals amma ya shiga Buccaneers a kan yarjejeniyar kudi mai yawa a bara. Marvin Lewis ya sanya shi fifiko don dawo da Michael Johnson zuwa Cincinnati don karfafa karfin su. Amma raunin da ya samu ya hana shi samar da kayan aiki, tare da jaka huɗu kawai a cikin wasanni 14. Sakamakon haka, ya shiga Josh McCown da Anthony Collis a kan babban manajan Jason Licht wanda ba a so. Motsawar ta ba da sararin samaniya na dala miliyan biyu. 'Ina godiya ga Buccaneers da suka ba ni damar zuwa can kuma in koya,' in ji Johnson a cikin kiran taro. 'Zan ci gaba da tunawa da dukan abubuwan da suka faru - farin ciki da baƙin ciki. Ba za ka iya sanin farin ciki ba tare da baƙin ciki ba.' 'Wannan shekarar da ta gabata shekara ce ta gina hali. Ba na kirga shi a matsayin shekara mara kyau. Saboda haka na dawo Cincinnati da wani sabon tunani da kuma ra'ayi game da abubuwa.' Johnson kuma Minnesota Vikings sun yi sha'awarsa, amma ya zaɓi kada a sake haɗuwa da tsohon mai kula da tsaro na Bengals Mike Zimmer.
Johnson ya kwashe shekaru biyar na farko na aikinsa tare da Bengals. Ya je Tampa Bay a matsayin dan wasa mai 'yanci shekara guda da ta gabata, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyar, $ 43.8m. Amma abubuwa ba su yi aiki ba a Florida tare da raunin da ya faru da yawa ya hana aikinsa. An saki Johnson daga Bucs kuma ya koma Bengals a kan yarjejeniyar shekaru hudu, $ 20m.