02-17-2020, 03:02 PM
(02-17-2020, 02:39 PM)Gdale_Bengal Wrote: Having a superstar player on your team almost stunts the growth of the rest of the players. Catches and plays are easier to make when you are singled up on the 2nd or 3rd best corner playing 10 yards off. They had to bracket AJ on every play. I get it, but without him the offense is list and struggles to find itself, when they should be a more run focused team when AJ is out and shifting the passing attack into something a bit different.
So you think the offense becomes reliant or maybe even lazy due to the presence of AJ Green? I could see that. You don't have to innovate as much when you have a guy like that. I just know we're going to have to bite the bullet and move on at some point. He's bound to lose a step or two soon, he's missed essentially 24 straight games, he turns 32 before the season...
I'm just trying to separate nostalgia from reality. It's possible he's got some elite and healthy seasons still in the tank, but - at best - he's a huge risk.
If I'm the Bengals, I'm considering all options. I'm combing through upcoming free agents for a reasonably affordable guy who could fill the hole for us. I'm also considering the draft. If nothing else makes sense, sure...work on bringing AJ back, but it'd better be a deal that makes sense. We can't be giving this guy a 3 year/$50 million deal just because his name is "AJ Green" and he did great things a few years ago.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
