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Carson Palmer has spoken via phone with his unhappy wide receiver, and Johnson assured Palmer "he'll be there when he has to." Johnson, disgruntled about a number of issues with the Bengals, is skipping the program for the first time. The first mandatory event of the offseason is the full-squad mini-camp in mid-June.
Reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Palmer told reporters this morning that he "100 percent" understood the business side of the league and said he respected Johnson's right to behave similarly to a chief executive officer trying to get a new job. Still, as a football teammate, Palmer was happy to hear that Johnson would show up. "I'm hoping he'll be out in L.A. training," Palmer said in reference to extensive on-field throwing he has done with Johnson, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and other Bengals receivers in Los Angeles in the past couple of Julys.
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