Diontae Johnson Sends Message to Ravens Fans

During the “Sports and Suits” podcast appearance, Johnson also mentioned that his decision to sit came down to his fear of putting "bad stuff on film" due to the cold weather.

Unfortunately for Johnson, that wasn't exactly his decision to make.

“I wasn’t getting into no run plays, no passing plays or nothing. It was cold,” Johnson said. “End of the third going into the fourth, they were like, ‘Tae, we need you.’ I was like, ‘Nah, I don’t think it’s a good idea for me.’ Like, my legs are already ice cold and I didn’t wanna go out there and put bad stuff on film. It’s not like I didn’t wanna go into the game, but leading up to this point, I had been through so much. … I told them I’m not finna go in, so I just sat on the bench, and that’s when they suspended me.”

There's many things wrong with Johnson's decision to not enter that Week 13 game, but certainly the silliest of these is the fact that Johnson, a Tampa, FL. native, played four years of college ball at Toledo in Ohio before spending the first five seasons of his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cold weather of any kind -- especially the similarly-chilly Baltimore air -- is not a good enough reason for an NFL receiver to refuse to enter the field of play.

Sounds like Johnson just didn't want to be in Baltimore. He was waived by the Ravens on Dec. 20 before the Houston Texans scooped him up, only to also waive him a few weeks later.

Johnson finished his Ravens career with just four appearances and one start while posting one catch for six yards.

He then signed a one-year, $1.17 million contract with the Browns and will now look to aid their receiving corps next season.