Johnson: 'I don't want to play for the Bengals'

Cincinnati has had to endure a plethora of issues over the last two years. But this may be the Bengals' biggest problem yet.

Chad Johnson: Career statsYear

           Team    G    REC    YDS    AVG    TD

2001 CIN    12    28    329    11.8    1
2002 CIN    16    69    1166  16.9    5
2003 CIN    16    90    1355  15.1    10
2004 CIN    16    95    1274  13.4    9
2005 CIN    16    97    1432  14.8    9
2006 CIN    16    87    1369  15.7    7
2007 CIN    16    93    1440  15.5    8

Totals        108   559  8365  15.0   49

Three-time All-Pro wide receiver Chad Johnson, who has been selected to the Pro Bowl the last five seasons, wants out of Cincinnati and will not report to any Bengals team functions.

"I want to be traded before the draft," Johnson told ESPN.com's John Clayton. "And if that doesn't happen, I want to be traded as soon as possible. I don't intend on reporting to anything.''

Johnson's comments come on the heels of Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer saying that Johnson indicated he would be at Cincy's mandatory minicamp in June, Clayton reported.

"I want to make this very clear,'' Johnson told Clayton on 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."

In regard to Palmer, Johnson said, "I wish he would stay out of my business."

The Bengals have up until now indicated that they have no plans to trade Johnson. The team has not yet commented on Johnson's latest remarks.