The deal that has been brewing for several days is the worst kept secret this side of the Pentagon Papers when disgruntled defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson shows up at Bengals president Mike Brown’s office this morning with agent Jimmy Gould to sign his one-year franchise player tender of $3.2 million. Then in a bizarre signing ceremony, John Hancock puts his signature on the King’s ransom when Wilkinson signs a Washington contract for five years and more than $21 million while it sits on a Bengals’ desk. That’s because before he does, Brown secures a trade for a first-rounder and a third-rounder that is thought to be the first trade involving a free agent designated a franchise player in the five years of free agency.
TDBH: Bengals deal Big Daddy for first- and third-rounder
