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I concur, A.J looked really good. Able to separate from the CBs and still has those great hands. Burrow missed him on what should have been a lay-up TD, and Green had a TD waived off for a bogus offensive interference call.
Indeed. I wonder if that first injury messed up some ribs that kept him from being able to extend his reach? He didn't look right, despite being able to get some separation.
His hands didn’t look great and he seemed to lack explosiveness. The targets are there though.
Right...that's why I wonder if he was still dealing with an upper body injury. He clearly wasn't getting great separation or taking advantage of those go-go-gadget arms.
Alpha? It was Boyd that Burrow went to in the clutch most often. But sure, it may turn around. I wouldn't drop him yet.
Burrow continuously tried to force it to AJ Green. Ward was beating AJ Green all night which helped cause 13 targets for 3 catches. AJ Green also dropped at least 3 passes I would not expect him to.
I missed the first half, but in the second I did not see separation and he got his hands on a couple of balls that an elite wr (as he has been) normally would pull in. He didn't even look close to doing so.
Certainly this is a better option than that Father Time has come calling for anyone who wants to see the "old" Mr. Green.
Yeah... less targets + emergence of Tee Higgins means AJ might've run out of time.
I was kind of surprised Darius Slay played AJ Green what seemed like most of the game to me. I'm not sure that Green can still beat the #1CB anymore, and certainly not one of the better #1CB's in the league.
Yeah he seemed to be following him and that’s just not a great option for the offense compared to Boyd and Higgins against the other dbs. I think the roto blurb anointing Higgins is pretty premature. This is week is a good matchup for AJ, week 5 against Bmore isn’t, and then after that there isn’t another shutdown corner until maybe the Miami tandem week 13.
I'm more inclined to believe this. Green is coming off a year off and no real camp. A slow start was always likely. I think Slay traveling with Green speaks more volumes than anything Boyd/Higgins did. Defenses believe Green is the Bengals #1 WR, and until last week, the targets pointed that way as well. I think he's a good buy-low, as its very likely he is still the #1 on a very pass heavy offense. Especially at his current WR4(maybe less in some leagues) price.
As some believe, it absolutely could be rust. It could also be that the mid nineties fastball is now a low nineties fastball, which is all it might take to reduce great to good. The facts are that he's 32 and hasn't played since mid 2018 and I believe there's an element of "bad" to that regardless of the cause. You hear the term "fresh legs" about guys who have missed significant time and I always feel like someone is trying to sell me a used car.
I have an offer in the table of McKinnon for AJ and I’m thinking of taking it. I’m stronger at running back and absolutely decimated at WR. I don’t even have a WR2 to start this week with AJ Brown our.
AJ Green makes me nervous but if you have good RBs why not flip him while he is healthy? When more RBs return less touches and predictability I think.
That’s a nice pickup for you with Goedert going down.
Even though there have been wr who still excel at or past his age, he is playing/looking like when a wr gets old. I noticed a play today where the jets didn’t turn on on an early deep throw. But not only do I see a lack of burst, but he also is not making grabs that he used to make, which was one of his best attributes. He also had one of those today where I actually mentioned out loud that he used to typically come down with those balls that he could get his hands on. His body language shows it too, which might be frustration that it’s not coming together for him thus far. I originally thought he was simply rusty , but I started thinking last week that Higgins emergence might be coming a year earlier than originally expected. I suppose it’s still possible for a chemistry to develop with Burrow and Green start looking more like his former self, but some of those aforementioned plays made it look like it is more than rust and chemistry with Burrow. With the type of chances Burrow gives his WRs on throws, the AJ Green of a few years ago would seemingly be a beautiful match.
This won't really answer your question, but I watched the Bengals-Browns game and, although I didn't zone in on Green (I was watching Ross, at the time), I can tell you that at least half of his targets were uncatchable. He did drop 1 1/2ish, but most of his targets were way behind him.
