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I was not expecting to see this.

After 24 rec/236 yrds, can’t say I’m surprised

Andy Dalton should buy him a retirement gift like a boat or a car or something. AJ made him soooooo much money.

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Been meaning to sell my Green jersey after I picked up Burrow...but this has me wanting to keep it

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He was drafted in 2011 and retiring now? That's like.... 3 years ago.

What a class act. He was the cool head we needed when plagued with players like Burfict and Pacman Jones.

Steeler fan but AJ will always be a DGD to me

He's had a lot of injuries and WRs tend to fall off pretty quickly. Honestly not a huge surprise, he's got nothing left to prove and tbh I'm glad he's not gonna risk his life out there for any longer

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I remember the debates about whoses the best wr between him and D Hop

Hell of a player in his prime.

I was more making the point that somehow 2011 was 12 years ago. I remember when this dude entered the league and was amazing. Seems like yesterday.

loved him at UGA

How bout them Dawgs!

See you in the HOF AJ

DGD!

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And Julio

I wonder if we'll see D Hop retire soon too, he's been injury plagued the last couple of years.

He do what you do. Drive to work, listen to his music, gets caught up in a wire-based headphone situation

wish I could get that out of my head, though if he's retired now it'll be easier

Come on home to Summerville, AJ

The bad man is gone

Edit: I think people aren't realizing I said this as a compliment coming from a Ravens fan. Didn't realize this wasn't the NFL sub where I have the flair

He's a great WR for sure, but I'd be surprised if he gets into the HOF, not enough post season success and if you look at his numbers, 10k receiving yards and 70 tds, while are without a doubt great, there's many other receivers with similar numbers not in the HOF. Injuries also derailed his career toward the end.

Wait, isn't he playing in the Super Bowl? ...oh, that's AJ Brown! I get those guys mixed up.

Is this news or an op ed?

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Except when he was fighting jalen Ramsey. But I can’t blame him for that.

Not a Bengals fan but this dude was my 2nd or 3rd round pick in fantasy like 4 years in a row in the 2010s. Awesome, awesome player.

And Larry Fitzgerald

We were all AJ Green that day.

Damn Good Dawg

I like to point this out about Irvin as often as possible. Here I go:

AJ Green has 5 more career TDs than Michael Irvin, who only had 65.

Pac-Man was one of my favorite all time players to watch.

He won’t be in hof

Michael Irvin was the best wide receiver on a team that won 3 Super Bowls.

They are a weeee bit different.

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Agreed. Dalton is ass

This feels like you didn’t watch 88 play. Also a different era stats wise. And he had to split with 22 and one hell of a TE. Irvin was so good he made Alvin Harper look like an all pro (I’m not knocking Alvin Harper, I love the guy, but 88 made him look like a star).

Honestly respect to Jalen for somehow pissing him off enough to fight, as AJ has always been the cool headed no matter who he went up against. It was like the the Andre Johnson v. Cortland Finnegan 2.0.

AJ Green was one of the few receivers that didn’t have a big mouth while he played

Oh, he was fantastic at running routes and catching balls short of the goal line, for sure. AJ (along with 61 other receivers*) just happened to score more TDs.

*Correction: 55 receivers and 6 Tight Ends.

And mega

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Was looking for a Summerville comment!

Different era explains it, eh? 17 of the players ahead of him on the TD list retired before he caught his first TD.

HOF of what?

I think about this and I can't help but wonder how Super Bowl LVI (56) would have been like if he was on the Cincinnati Bengals. But either way, I hope he enjoys his retirement. He had a really good career.

You ignored most of what I wrote. Cool 😎 tho.

Not here for the Harper analysis. Here to point out AJ Green, 55 WR, and 6 TE caught more TD passes than Michael Irvin.

Nah that was never in question. Megatron is top 3 alltime talent. I love Green and he is a sure for hof in my book, but Megatron was on another level

AJ has 1,400 less yards and played in one less game then Irvine as well.

I think Brandon Marshall put that up in one game.

EDIT: damn close, looked it up. 21/200

I'm still mad about him and Stafford beating ASU in 2008. One of the worst losses I've ever attended on one of the hottest and most miserable weather days I've experienced.

Holy hell he was good that game.

Is Julio the last WR still in the league from the 2011 draft?

Did a bot make the title?

Just checked, and it's just Julio and Randall Cobb left. Although it seems like Cobb will retire soon perhaps?

I was just thinking to myself that Julio got washed fast, but in reality he was a top receiver for like 9 years lol

I guess that means Roddy White retired like 10 years ago? Geez lol

Fuck I’m old. I remember being at the CU vs UGA game where he had that unbelievable catch. From that night on I knew he was going places

Prime Julio was a force to be reckoned with

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The Bengals.

Great player retires

Top comment:

"Good on him for not being like these two shitty players, who are entirely irrelevant for this post and this moment".

Nope. His team didn't even make the playoffs (cardinals). You are thinking of aj brown. Wrong bird team!

That’s a fact

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Dalton could have been fucking great if he showed up in when it mattered in prime time and the playoffs. He had some great regular seasons.

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Miss him more than any other player, he had at least 5 very solid years left in him.

Stop the Dalton slander.

Looks like it. The profile says it all.

Randall Cobb feels like he's 40, when in reality he's apparently 32

Respect the Dalton line, the measure by which all QBs are compared against!

Never played on a green team 😞

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Whenever people think of the top 2 Bengals receivers all time, they'll think of Green-Johnson.

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Bad take

Prime Julio is the closest thing I saw to Megatron on another team. Dude just refused to be beaten.

He plays for the Buenas Aires Tigers?

And Dalton probably prevented AJ from being a HOFer.

Everyone wants to fight Ramsey

Don't wonder for too long, it was never going to happen. With Higgins developing and them picking a receiver with #3, that money was definitely going elsewhere.

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Wasn't AJ Green that actual reason we signed Dalton. If I'm not mistaken, AJ was not going to resign if we didn't sign Andy?

Ah well. They definitely ain't making it to the playoffs three years in a row now.

I don't see how pointing out his great character and highlighting how it was truly the beginning of a turning point for the Bengals is bad.

I bet you're fun at a party asshole.

When he was in his prime aj green also put up 227 yards against the ravens in one game.

Injuries prevented that for him

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I honestly don’t know but I was thinking more along the lines of cash bonuses for incentives. No way Andy would reach all those season goals without AJ racking up insane numbers.

That really wasn’t long ago, 2010?

It's called the Hall of Fame. Not the Hall of Best Stats.

Great afternoon qb but sucked in primetime

Sadly never played with a top tier qb.

1. Pointing out his great character isn't bad, I applaud that. It's the comparison I found unnecessary.

2. AJ Green was drafted before Burfict: Hardly a turning point then. How about they're different players who aren't a product of or a reaction to eachother?

3. What's with the personal attack?

4. I'm fucking delightful at parties, dickface.

AJ Green is just like you; except, he’s in a commercial. Got hands like glue.

Andy Dak-ton?

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Caused by under-thrown passes.

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I was like...didn't this dude finish playing for Georgia just a couple of years ago. Dang I feel old.

You're right.

Go dawgs

Not sure how he would be considered forever a great.. this dude never played any games in the last 5 years. I made the mistake of drafting him at least 3 times in FF. Sure he had a couple of great seasons, but forever a great? Nah

What? This dude never played when I drafted him in FF

he played at my high school, i remember when he went to UGA

I love Reddit

Thirteen years to a 30something year old is around third of their life.

This is very recent past and a 20 year old could easily remember this moment, that is my point. This recent of a moment doesn’t make someone old.

wtf are you talking about lmao. it's 13 years old. it didn't happen yesterday.

“Look at me I am very smart”

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And a Damn Good Dawg.

That was ONE time and I was totally okay with it.

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The comment was “fuck I’m old” about remembering something that happened in 2010. My point is that this doesn’t make a person old as a 20 year old could easily remember this and they are clearly not old.

Saying that remembering something makes you old that a 20 year old could easily remember is a “look at me” moment? It’s just very overused on Reddit imo.

it's hyperbole. lol. talk to anyone in their 30s. they will tell you they are getting old. no one axtually.thinka they are old....

Ok jar jar, you can thinka whatever you want.

You arguing over a subjective comment is the woooooosh. Sorry, but if you aren’t getting it by now there’s not much use explaining.

Edit: it’s like a real life AKCHTUALLY

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I think you should just try thinking in general

Idk man I'm a Bengals fan and I don't think he makes the hall. If he hasn't gotten injured and had a couple more good years? Sure. But with 0 first team all pros he's not even the most decorated Bengals receiver much less a Hof lock.

Ginger Joe Flacco

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As a Cards fan, glad I got to see him play for us. Sorry the last season was garbage.

Wish I could say he did, but his legs and ankles were so fucked up from all the hits he took. If he had been healthy then he most definitely would have the one of the best in the league for several more years. He was barely able to make cuts on his routes in his last couple of games.

Yes, it’s subjective so I’m also allowed to have an opinion correct?

I believe he was the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted. I seem to remember that from the 2011 draft coverage.

Heck*

> drafted by the Falcons in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft

Wtf. I feel like I was just watching prime Rhoddy.

As a Texan fan who saw Hop and andre very closely, Julio, Larry, and AB (different kind of receiver) in their prime

Megatron was really something different.

It sounds like I’m being snarky, but truly, a double covered Megatron was a good bet target. A triple covered Mega wasnt insane either.

I remember that 320+ yard game like it was yesterday.

Only fantasy QB I've ever had that has gotten me negative points.

Same! First time I’ve seen mention of it on Reddit lol.

Did you go to Summerville? I went to West Ashley and South Carolina at the same time he was in school so AJ Green was always a rival.

yeah

Yeah except it’s HIS subjective thought on how HE feels that you are arguing, over multiple posts, is incorrect.

I’m just stating I disagree with their opinion because I think it’s wrong and an annoying common Reddit comment that everyone says “oh I’m so old” now.

Sorry I stated I disagree, I’ll stop having an opinion.

I dont know, would a player want to retire same yr as Brady? When comes time for Hall Of Fame stuff it will be All Brady.

Check this one out from high school Dude was a monster for such a long time

remember this?

Same dude I was at this game

O_o

That was nuts… also get that ugly ass URL outta here! You can format a url by adding the text in square brackets [] and then the url in parentheses ()

like this

I remember drafting him his rookie year in the late fantasy rounds. Nobody knew who he was was. This guy easily made me over $3k in profit!

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Holy shit thank you

Watching him play at UGA when I was a kid was awesome. We’d go out onto the field and play football trying to recreate his catches till the sun went down.

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You may not be wrong. I have had AJ and Julio penciled in the hall by year 3 of their careers. I loved the way they played.

shut the fuck up

How is Green a for sure HOF?

Should be: Thank You, AJ

Why do so many write improperly even in official publication?

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Roddy retired in 2015. We’re getting close

Best high school football player I’ve seen in person

Michael Irvin played in a different era, it’s hard to compare the two. While they had a potent passing attack, the League just was not geared towards offense the way it is now and the passing game. I’m a Steelers fan and have a hell of a lot of respect for AJ Green, I enjoyed rooting against him :-)

Ravens fan here. Dude was freakin outstanding. What a great player and person.

> different era

When he retired, he was in 24th place. 23 players from his era or earlier had more TD catches than him.