April 17th, 2008
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Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson left no room for doubt Wednesday: He wants out of Cincinnati as fast as possible and he doesn’t plan on reporting for any future Bengals functions — mandatory or voluntary.
What spurred Johnson’s immediate reaction was a statement made by quarterback Carson Palmer that indicated Johnson had told Palmer he would be at the team’s mandatory minicamp in mid-June. Johnson said that wasn’t true. “I want to make this very clear,’‘ Johnson said Wednesday. “I don’t know where he got that. I made no assertion to Carson that I would do that. Nothing has changed from what I’ve been saying for three months that I don’t want to play for the Bengals.’‘
Johnson made one of his strongest statements in saying he is not planning on reporting to any team functions because he wants to be traded. He is skipping all of the teams off season workouts hoping that this will help him get traded and I am not gonna lie to you it does not seem to be working. But he really wants out, I no we have been talking about this Chad being traded for awhile now and honestly I thought it would all blow over and he would show up and get his 80 catches for 1100 yards and the Bengals would still under acheive.
But I guess not, I dont think that this is good for the team at all…just get rid of him and make a huge blockbuster deal that will shake things up a bit! Because at the rate Johnson is going he will be nothing but bad news for the Bengals until he is off the team! All this information is from my boy on the inside at ESPN.com…John Clayton!