A.J. Green supports Julio Jones’ holdout
While shopping in Beverly Hills, Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green, the former Georgia standout, was approached by TMZ and was peppered with a few questions by a couple of fan boys and fantasy football enthusiasts.
The TMZ reporter asked Green about the NFL players’ response to President Trump on who he should pardon before asking about Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones’ holdout.
Green, who was cordial and thanked the TMZ guys at the end, said “(He’s) got to do what he’s got to do, man.”
Green and Jones both signed contract extensions in 2015. Green signed a four-year, $60 million deal and Jones’ extension was for five years and $71 million.
“The NFL stands for ‘Not For Long,’ so you got to get it while it lasts,” Green said.
Jones did not participate in the Falcons’ offeseason program and did not attended the team’s mandatory minicamp.
He missed on a $3,225 workout bonus and opened himself up to be fined $84,435 by the team.
Green and Jones go back to their high school days when they were the top receivers coming out of high school. Green played at Georgia from 2008 to 20110, while Jones was at Alabama during the same years.
Green was selected fourth in the NFL draft by Cincinnati in 2011 and the Falcons picked Jones with the sixth overall pick after trading five picks to Cleveland to move up 21 spots in the draft.
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
