Indy here in preseason; CB Brooks signs

The Bengals will have a preseason home game against Indianapolis and will play at Atlanta on a Monday night broadcast on ESPN.

The Bengals released their preseason schedule this afternoon.

The game against Indianapolis will close the preseason schedule, on Friday night, Aug. 31.

The Monday night game will be Aug. 27 at Atlanta. In Cincinnati, the ESPN telecast will also be aired by a local, non-cable station, yet to be announced.

The Bengals will open the 2007 preseason at Detroit, and will play their preseason home opener in Week 2 against New Orleans, which reached the NFC Championship game last season. Exact dates and kickoff times for those games are yet to be announced.

Also this afternoon, the Bengals announced they had signed restricted free agent cornerback Greg Brooks to a one-year contract. The team had tendered Brooks the one-year deal of $850,000.

Brooks played in five games in 2006 with two special teams tackles. He suffered a knee injury and spent the last eight games on injured reserve.

Preseason schedule
Week 1 – at Detroit, Aug. 9-11
Week 2 – NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17 or 18
Week 3 – at Atlanta, Aug. 27, 8 p.m., ESPN
Week 4 – INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31, time TBA