CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver A.J. Green is ready for all potential outcomes as the trade deadline gets closer.
In an interview with the team’s website, the injured 31-year-old said while he hasn’t heard of any potential moves and certainly isn’t lobbying to leave Cincinnati, he’s aware of the possibility.
“I’m prepared for anything,” Green told bengals.com. “A trade’s not going to change who I am. I’m still going to play. I’m still going to be A.J.”
Green is in the final year of his four year, $60-million deal. The fourth-overall pick in the 2011 draft is still recovering from an ankle injury he suffered on July 27 during the team’s first practice of training camp.
The Bengals’ top player hasn’t practiced since the injury and has already been ruled out of Sunday’s game at Baltimore (3-2).