Patriots news: A.J. Green not likely to sign with New England

The New England Patriots need some help at wide receiver, and many have linked them to A.J. Green. It is not likely that he will sign with them though.

It looks like the New England Patriots won't be signing A.J. Green after all.

The Patriots had a somewhat disappointing 2019 season. A lot of the blame was placed on the receiving core.

That sounds ridiculous considering they went 12-4 and won the AFC East once again. However, after an 8-0 start to the season, they went 4-4 and ended up not even getting a bye in the Wild Card round. That came back to bite them, hard, as New England lost in that game to the Tennessee Titans.

This marked the first time the Patriots didn't make it to the Super Bowl since 2015. It was also the first time they didn't make it to the AFC Championship game since 2010 and the first time they didn't get to the Divisional round since 2009.

With that in mind, many believe they need to work on a few areas, with wide receiver being a pretty glaring one.

One name that's been connected to New England is Green. The Cincinnati Bengals star has had injury problems, but when healthy, he is one of the better at his position in the entire NFL.

Greg Rosenthal says it's not likely that Green ends up in New England though.

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“I think the Bengals are better than any team in the NFL at one thing, and that’s keeping their own players,” Rosenthal said on NFL Network’s “NFL Now.” “A.J. Green is one of their greatest players, obviously, of the last three decades. People on other teams and other cities excited to possibly get A.J. Green — I’m thinking Baltimore, I’m thinking Philadelphia, New England — every team in their little free agency preview is saying, ‘Ooh, if we can only get A.J. Green.’ Mike Brown, the Bengals owner, is not letting one of the greatest Bengals of all time walk out the door. A.J. Green already said it, that he would be happy to play on the franchise tag and I believe that the Bengals will keep him. It’s kind of perfect. After you miss a season to injury, A.J. Green has to build up his value again and I think he definitely gets the tag. So all that excitement about him possibly entering the market, I think there’s going to be a lot of disappointed teams.”

In case you don't want to watch the video, here is the rundown.

Basically, Rosenthal doesn't believe the Bengals will let Green leave. They have some young talent and will have a rookie quarterback coming in the form of number one overall pick Joe Burrow.

With Burrow, they'll want to give him a star receiver. So letting Green walk would make zero sense. If this is the case, the Patriots (and any other teams that believe they have a shot at Green) will need to make other plans in regards to getting help at the wide receiver position.

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