Bengals sign Dhani Jones

The Bengals' furious makeover of their linebacker corps continues this week.

After a visit with the Bengals, linebacker Dhani Jones has signed a one-year contract with the team and is currently practicing. The Bengals waived third-year linebacker Andre Frazier on Tuesday.

Of the seven linebackers on the active roster, three have joined since Aug. 23, the day the Bengals signed former Redskins starter Lemar Marshall. On Sept. 2, the Bengals signed former Jets linebacker Anthony Schlegel.

Now Jones.

He is an eighth-year NFL player, with 95 games and 74 starts during four seasons with the Giants and three with Philadelphia. In the previous five seasons, he played in all but one of his teams’ games and started all but six. He has six career playoff appearances with four starts, including a start in Super Bowl XXIX (2004 season) with Philadelphia.

Jones played 16 games with 13 starts last season for NFC East champion Philadelphia, logging 93 tackles, and he had 10 more tackles while seeing action in both Eagles playoff games (one start). Jones was released to free agency by the Eagles on April 30 of this year, and signed July 10 with New Orleans. He played in all five Saints preseason games, with two starts, and was released Aug. 31.

It's not expected that Jones would start defensively any time soon. But, like all backup linebackers, he will be plugged immediately into special teams duty.

Of the seven linebackers, one, Rashad Jeanty, remains unavailable after undergoing surgery on his lower leg at the end of the preseason. He is expected back later this month or early in October. The other three holdover linebackers on the roster are Landon Johnson, Caleb Miller and Ahmad Brooks.

This morning at practice, Brooks (groin) and Marshall (unknown) are on the sideline watching.

Also not practicing currently are safeties Chinedum Ndukwe (hamstring) and Dexter Jackson (not known), center Eric Ghiaciuc (thumb) and wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh (knee).