Prediction: AJ Green Will be Back

[BoomerFan]

Spotrac thinks he's worth about 9 million a year, probably due to him missing time this season and last. Even if a team in the open market was going to overpay him it would be what, 12 million?

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/aj-green-7719/market-value/

He'd be lucky to get the Franchise Tag ($18 million) where he could be paid very well to prove he's still got it. Alternately, any contract where he only takes a slight paycut to sign for at least 3 years with some guaranteed money would probably be a deal he should take.

Edit: Re-reading this thread I see this actually was already mentioned by Sunset

(01-01-2020, 11:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Somebody posted Sporttrac had AJs estimated value at around $9M/per.  If you don't think that the Bengals would be doing him a huge favor, by offering him 3 years at $12/per, then I might suggest that you might be out of touch with reality.  I don't see AJ getting "top tier" money, anywhere in the FA market.  Sure, some team might offer him $15M for a one year deal, but nothing close to what Julio Jones just got signed to.  As you already mentioned, his health is a serious question mark, and will have a bigger impact on his market value than many board regulars are ready to admit.

Simply put, he's worth more to the Bengals for the things he's accomplished in his career, than he is as a "hired hand" on any other team.