CINCINNATI (AP) -The Bengals agreed to terms on a one-year contract Monday with unrestricted free agent linebacker Darryl Blackstock, his agent said.
Agent Brad Blank would not discuss terms of the deal, but said the 24-year-old Blackstock planned to sign Tuesday.
The 6-foot-4, 244-pound Blackstock has 44 career tackles and four sacks in 46 games with the Arizona Cardinals, who chose him in the third round of the 2005 draft. He had 21 tackles and three sacks last season.
The player had a difficult time choosing between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati, but the Bengals made him feel more wanted, with coach Marvin Lewis calling him personally, Blank said. Blackstock visited Cleveland on Wednesday and Cincinnati the next day.
The Cardinals last month declined to tender an offer to Blackstock, who played with Bengals linebacker Ahmad Brooks at Virginia.
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