Chad to TV: I'll be there

Disgruntled Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson told EPSN on Wednesday night that he plans to show up for the mandatory full-squad minicamp in mid-June.

Johnson told ESPN's Brian Kenny he will not sit out the 2008 season. Johnson has refused to speak to the Cincinnati-based media since mid-October.

Johnson reacted strongly to comments made Tuesday by Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis at the NFL annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Lewis said the Bengals are "prepared to move on" if the all-star wide receiver decides to sit out the 2008 season.

But, "If (Johnson) shows and does things, and does (them) the right way, I'm willing to take the bullets for him again and allow him to come back the right way," Lewis said.

Johnson didn't like Lewis' statement.

"Don't take any bullets for me. Don't take one bullet," Johnson said in the ESPN interview. "Do I get in trouble? Do I do anything wrong off the field? Do I? What bullets? I'm not a player that comes with bullets. I'm no threat. I'm not a problem. OK, I celebrate. Whoop-de-do. You know what you get when I touch the field every Sunday."

Johnson said he will show up for the mandatory mid-June minicamp.

"My plans are to show up and embarrass everybody that tries to cover me," Johnson said. "If they're satisfied with what we have, and think that's gonna get us where we need to go, then so be it."