The Baltimore Ravens have suspended wide receiver Diontae Johnson for one game due to conduct detrimental to the team, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson will serve the suspension during their game against the New York Giants on Dec. 15, which comes after their bye this week. He’ll be eligible to return for their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 21.
The issue, the team said in a statement, came after Johnson refused to enter their game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
It was unclear why Johnson didn’t play in the 24-19 loss, though he didn’t take a single snap. Johnson, who started the season with the Carolina Panthers, has just one catch for six yards in his four games with the team.
The Ravens landed Johnson and a future sixth-round draft pick in a deal with the Panthers ahead of the deadline last month. The 28-year-old who got his start with the Pittsburgh Steelers after they selected him in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft led the Panthers in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches before he was traded.
Johnson is in the final year of a contract extension he signed with the Steelers. The Ravens are set to pay Johnson about $625,000, and he’ll hit free agency this upcoming offseason.
The Ravens sit at 8-5 after Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia, which marked their second loss in their last three games. They enter the bye week sitting in second in the AFC North standings, and they are currently projected to secure one of the final wild-card spots in the AFC.