Bengals receiver Chad Johnson is doing everything he can to get out of Cincinnati, without saying that he wants out of Cincinnati.

Instead, he’s openly flirting with various teams via appearances on their cities’ radio stations, and he’s likewise using national platforms to refrain from expressing a clear commitment to his current team.

Here’s the clip from WFNZ in Charlotte, during which he said that “85 plus 89 equals a Super Bowl, period.”

Johnson also was on WSCR in Chicago, during which he said he’d make quarterbacks Rex Grossman or Kyle Orton into superstars.  Johnson also said, “I’ve worked myself to a point to where I make the quarterback look good regardless of what he does or where he puts the ball.”

Before the interview, Johnson wrote on a note pad to Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, “Can I play in Seattle?”

According to the Boston Globe, Johnson approached a Boston reporter and said, “I’m going to be playing for your team next year.

In an appearance on NFL Network, Johnson was more restrained.  He even tried to deny — perhaps jokingly — his comments that recently were shown on NFLN during which he suggested that he wants to play in Miami.  Here’s the “call me Parcells” clip.

Johnson later admitted that he is frustrated in Cincinnati.  “Stuff is just not right,” he said.  Near the end, he hinted that he might retire.  “I might have to hang it up,” he said.  “You never know.”

Here’s the full spot, courtesy of a member of PFT Planet.

The team has yet to comment on Chad’s borderline bizarre campaign to get out of town.  But his NFLN clip is posted on the team’s official web site.  Sooner or later, the fans in Cincinnati are going to turn their backs on him.  And at that point it’ll be easy for the team to justify shipping him out of town.

And, sure, trading him would result in a cap hit.  But we’re talking about the Bengals here.  Taking a big cap hit will reduce the amount of money that the team has to otherwise spend in 2008.  How is that a bad thing?