Though everything is subject to change when it comes to Bengals receiver Chad Johnson, we’re told that Johnson’s current plan is to avoid breaching his contract (and owing daily fines and possibly a chunk of previously-paid bonus money) by reporting for a mandatory minicamp that opens on June 12.

As we hear it, Johnson intends to report but to “not do anything.”  Such an approach is similar to the strategy employed by receiver Terrell Owens three years ago in Philly, who reported for training camp with the goal of being such a pain in the butt that the team would either trade him or cut him. 

And such an approach presumably would ultimately subject Johnson to discipline, up to and including a four-game suspension without pay for conduct detrimental to the team.  The Bengals would be wise to keep meticulous track of everything Johnson says and does in order to support any action that the team eventually is forced to take, just as the Eagles did in 2005.

It remains to be seen whether Johnson follows through on his plan to report for the mandatory camp, and whether he plans to create any type of disruption.  The fact that Johnson has been silent since his effort to finagle a trade out of town prior to the draft suggests to us that he’s hoping that folks will forget the things he said for much of the offseason prior to late April.