Hanging with Chad in Miami Beach

MIAMI -- Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson made the rounds this morning on Radio Row at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

He is in the process of making 17 media stops, in conjunction with his role as pitchman for Degree deodorant.

Johnson's hometown is Miami. And he says he hasn't gone to any parties but has been on TV more than any of the players participating in the Super Bowl.

"Ah, man, I want to play in this game," he said.

During one interview, with an all-sports station from Chicago, one of 90 stations set-up this week on Radio Row, Johnson was asked what the Bengals had to do to get into the playoffs and the Super Bowl.

"We don't have to change anything," said Johnson, who will fly next week to Hawaii to play in his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl game. "We are right where we need to be offensively. I don't play on the other side of the ball. Marvin (Lewis) will take care of that. That's what he does. He is the defensive guru."

Dressed in a black Degree cap and matching black T-shirt, Johnson moved with ease through each station -- ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Sirius NFL Radio, WNST Baltimore, WQAM in Miami.

He was asked about the string of off-field issues, namely the nine teammates who have been arrested in the past 13 months.

"It's disappointing that the off-field issues continue to happen," Johnson said. "It's not much (teammates) can do to prevent it. You have this thing called the (NFL) Rookie Symposium. It takes you from A-Z on how to do the right thing. But some guys get into a comfort zone and think they can get away with stuff. But you are under such a miscroscope that you have to be even more careful.

"Last year was our year. The year before it was the Vikings. Next year it will be somebody else."