Published 6/6/2009
by Tom Mirick
at Bleacher Report - NFL
Another Former Cowboy
James Williams, the agent for former Dallas Cowboy LB Greg Ellis, said that the Cincinnati Bengals are on his clients list, because of his relationship with Bengals Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer. Ellis played for Zimmer for seven years in Dallas; both know what they would be getting with each other.
Mike Zimmer would get a veteran in the locker room, and a field leader, and Ellis would be going back to a coach that he flourished under.
Ellis could be the missing piece to the Bengals roster, over the last two years he has racked up 20.5 sacks.
The 6”4 265 pound Ellis was a 3-4 backer in Dallas, in Cincinnati’s 4-3 he would project into a rush end.
This is where the problem comes in, the Bengals are stacked at that position which includes two of the Defensive Lines highest paid players in Antwan Odom and Robert Geathers, complicating it even further the Bengals drafted speed rusher Michael Johnson out of Georgia Tech ...
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