Several readers tell us that Bengals receiver Chad Johnson is making the rounds in Arizona, and that he’s creating the distinct impression that he wants out of Cincinnati.

One reader said that Ocho Stinko appeared on The Jim Rome Show on Wednesday, and made it clear that he’s looking to get out.  Lance McAlister of 1530 The Homer in Cincy has an entry about the comments of Señor Stinko on McAlister’s blog.

“This isn’t cute….it isn’t fun…and it’s not an act,” McAlister writes. “This is calculated and orchestrated.  He and agent Drew Rosenhaus have put the wheels in motion to get out of town.  They believe he’s best served leaving Cincinnati.”

Recently, Johnson joked on camera about hoping to be traded to Miami, and he has given disturbingly candid interviews to Sirius NFL Radio and to ESPN Radio regarding his status in Bengals.

But coach Marvin Lewis has said that Johnson won’t be traded.  Of course, the Eagles have said the same thing about quarterback Donovan McNabb, and plenty of people aren’t buying that one, either.

Stay tuned.  Three years after T.O. forced his way out of Philly, there could be another NFL soap opera playing itself out in Cincy.