AJ Green

[WeezyBengal]

(01-18-2022, 02:55 PM)Mightymet02 Wrote: Long-time lurker, first-time poster here.

I wanted to respond to this, because it's sort of a thought that I had last night while watching the game.  AJ is wonderful, and I have one of his color-rush Bengals jerseys.  A favorite of mine for years, and nothing but insane respect for what he did for the franchise.

That said, after seeing Burrow and Chase and how they almost seem "hangry" on the field wanting to dominate in critical moments - it seemed such a stark difference from what my mind recalls about AJ in similar key moments.  That pass last night where he got hit (and subsequently dropped the ball) just sort of brought back memories of a sort of lackadaisical manner that I remember seeing out of him at times.  His shoulders seem to drop, and he never seemed to have a sort of killer instinct. Fumbles or drops in key moments that could've turned the tide of huge (even playoff) games.  That play last night was another example, and that catch could've really brought some momentum for Arizona when they badly needed it.

I think that some guys have that and some don't, but it's never anything I would've ever recognized if we didn't have guys on the team now that just seem...different. 

Not sure if any of that is making sense, but it popped in my head last night during that incomplete pass. Either way I'm bummed that he wasn't able to get a win.  The guy deserves one.

Him and Andy didn't have that competitive edge that the great ones have. Burrow has it. Brady has it. Jordan had it. Kobe had it. 

It's really as simple as that. When someone asks me my opinion of Dalton I always say "a slightly above average quarterback who played significantly below average in big games".