AJ's injury a blessing in disgise ?

[*jason*]

(09-13-2019, 05:25 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I agree.  For years, I've sort of thought that AJ was a bit of a security blanket for Andy.  There have been moments where I see Andy lock onto AJ with almost tunnel vision, much to the detriment of all the other receiving targets out there.  However, every time AJ gets injured, other receivers seem to become stars.

For example, look at Mo Sanu and Marvin Jones.  When AJ went down for a period in 2014, Andy was forced to rely on those two.  They both went on to land lucrative free agency deals, just a season later.  Now, look at Tyler Boyd.  When AJ was dinged up, Andy found faith in TB, and he just landed a nice extension with the Bengals.  Last week, it was John Ross to reap the benefits of AJ Green not being in the lineup.

So, yes I can see the OP's point.  Let's just hope that when AJ Green does return to the lineup, he doesn't get re-injured due to overwork..

Marvin Jones was out all of 2014. It was Sanu that really stepped up when AJ missed some games early on. It's amazing that the Bengals' record was as good as it was that season. No Eifert. No Burfict for most of the year. No Marvin Jones... Jeremy Hill came on late in the season, but still. It's easy to forget that after getting thumper at home by Cleveland, there was a really good chance they were gonna get left out of the playoffs.

But as to the point of this thread...

Locking onto a stud WR isn't uncommon. Watson chucks it at DeAndre Hopkins every chance he gets. AJ being out is no blessing.