Tampa Fla. ? When Keyshawn Johnson spouted, some of his teammates listened and others tuned him out.

“Me being a veteran, I can let one thing go in one ear and out the other. Some people can’t,” Tampa Bay receiver Keenan McCardell said.

“Some people need to vent their emotions. When you’re losing, you can’t do that. … I really think he just needed to get some things off his chest.”

McCardell, like many of the other Buccaneers, was only mildly surprised when the Super Bowl champions decided Tuesday to deactivate Johnson for the remainder of the season.

The two-time Pro Bowl selection likely will be traded or released next year.

“I don’t want to make it seem like it was a distraction. It wasn’t like he was around here being a jerk all the time,” safety John Lynch said. “That’s not his personality. He was here — he showed up — he was working. But it just was clear that he didn’t want to be here. That affects the karma in the locker room. That affects everything.”