AJ Green retires

[Essex Johnson]

(02-07-2023, 09:40 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Yeah, i don't dislike him...just a sour taste. I can give guys like Chad and Corey Dillon a bit of a pass because they were getting out at the end of bad runs. Hard workers that just couldn't catch a break with some bad teams. AJ was here for the beginning of the Burrow era and he decided to opt out.

Well we can disagree, he started 14 games so he did not beg out with some weak injury but struggled as did most of the team during Burrows 1st year.. and I think was just not the player he once was  more than anything..   Dillion left in 2003 , Chad  after 2010 season.. big difference. we made playoffs in 208-09, Chad was part of the downhill slide after that.. he slide started after his HOF jacket thing.. i will take AJ and the way he presented himself and the organization over Chad.  That does not mean Chad did not perform on the field, he had some great years but AJ was just a better representative of the team during their career.