The number one indicator of any player in this leauge of how good they are is usually their statistics. Many hold this beleif to be true, so this is probably the best arguement for Aj Green's Validity. Aj has 58 receptions, 820 yards, and 9 touchdowns in 9 games so far this year. These numbers are impressive indeed, but lets compare them, He is 6th in the leauge in yardage, 9th in the leauge in receptions and 1st in recieving touchdowns. So the numbers dont actually say he is the best, but being top 10 in every category certainly helps. These numbers dont take into consideration the quarterbacks, type of coverage, number 2 recievers and spectacular catches.
So let's compare these things to the rest of the top-flight recievers. Let us start with his quarterback, the Red Rifle Andy Dalton. I honestly think that Aj Green has made Andy Dalton a solid consistent NFL quarterback. Andy can just throw it up there and Aj will catch it. So let's take a look at the other top-flight recievers quarterbacks, We will use Calvin Johnson Jr., Victor Cruz, Reggie Wayne and Brandon Marshall as our comparison recievers. Megatron has Matt Stafford tossing him the ball, need i remind you that Matt Stafford threw for 5,038 yards last year, Victor Cruz has two-time Super Bowl champ Eli Manning tossing him the ball, Reggie Wayne may be the only one on this list at a bigger disadvantage than Aj with rookie Andrew Luck tossing him the ball, and finally Marshall who has established "elite" quarterback Jay Cutler tossing the sugar. So out of the other top-flight recievers Aj Greens quarterback is either the worst or tied for worst.
Let us now compare the coverage and secondary recievers, Aj Green faces about the tightest coverage in the NFL sice he is A) really good B) cincy has no run game and C) There is no other reciever in cincy. The best secondary reciever in Cincy is Jermaine Gresham the tight end who has 37 rec, 448 yds, and 3 TD. That is not going to distract from the monster that is Aj Green. Now let's look at Megatron, he too attracts a lot of attention sice his best secondary reciever is on the IR (Nate Burleson) and Detroit also has no running game, but his TD's have significantly dropped because of that. Victor Cruz has Hakeem Nicks on his side and a solid run game, his team help is much better than Aj Green's or Megatron which softens the coverage on him significantly. Reggie Wayne has Donnie Avery to his side and a below average run game so coverage is tight on him but his TD's have also dropped significantly. Finally Brandon Marshall whose best secondary threat is Alshon Jeffery and Devin Hester but Matt Forte is keeping the coverage pretty soft for BM. So looking back if a player does have as much coverage as Aj their stats, mainly TD's, have dropped significantly, If they have some insurance like a running game or another reciever or both their stats have been even with Aj. So Aj has as good or better stats than recievers with insurance when he himself has none.Pretty Impressive.
Now the best part about recievers, amazing catches and talent. Aj Green has made more spectacular catches in his 2 year career than most recievers make in a lifetime, his hands are really soft and he runs routes well. He has shown he can be a possesion guy and a big play threat, he can be in the slot too he also blocks well. He is just all-around good and dangerous for defenses. He makes catches on balls other recievers wouldn't even get too.
These are the reasons why Aj is the best, his stats are as good if not better than the others and he handles the most coverage out of all of them, he has the "worst" QB out of all of them and again Cincy has no run game. Aj is already the best and he is probably going to get better, if injury doesnt hurt his career than he has a chance to be the greatest reciever of all time. His spot in the hall of fame is sealed in my mind, and Jerry Rice here comes Abriahl Jeremiah Green.
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