Running back Shaun Alexander is scheduled to visit the Cincinnait Bengals on Monday, the team's website is reporting.

Alexander, who was released by the Seahawks last week, grew up across the river from Cincinnati.

Here's the reports from the Bengals website:

The agent for Shaun Alexander said Thursday that his client is scheduled to visit the Bengals on Monday, but Jim Steiner stressed the visit is "very preliminary."

"Shaun wants to get an idea how the Bengals would use him and I'm sure the Bengals would like to talk to him," Steiner said. "But there is interest on both sides."

The Bengals, who usually only keep three tailbacks, have a lot to figure out, as does Alexander.

If Rudi Johnson and Chris Perry are healthy, what to do they do with Kenny Watson and DeDe Dorsey if they sign Alexander?

Alexander, who turns 31 after the last preseason game, isn't the same back that led the Seahawks to the Super Bowl a few years ago and any deal would be contingent on a physical.

He broke his wrist in last season's opener and after he twisted his knee and ankle in Week 9 he finished with 716 yards rushing on 3.5 per carry. He became the eighth player in history to rush for 100 career touchdowns in the season finale.

His strengths are that he's a solid guy, adds another dimension in the passing game with terrific hands, has had tremendous production in the past, and his wrist is apparently healed.

Plus, he's still The Man around these parts. Alexander, a Florence, Ky. native, set records of 3,166 rushing yards and 54 touchdowns at Boone County High School.

And Johnson is also coming off an injury plagued season, Perry hasn't played in a game since November of 2006, and Kenny Irons isn't ready to work out in May and June.

The Bengals don't have much to give Alexander because of their salary cap situation, and he also has to figure out how he wants to get paid after years as one of the top paid backs in the league.

If the Bengals are going to make a move, it would probably be before on-field voluntary workouts start May 13.

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