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Former Georgia receiver A.J. Green re-signs with Arizona

The Cardinals have re-signed wide receiver A.J. Green, who caught 54 passes for 848 yards and three touchdowns last season for Arizona

The Cardinals have re-signed wide receiver A.J. Green, who caught 54 passes for 848 yards and three touchdowns last season for Arizona. Green and the Cardinals will look to have a more successful run in the playoffs this year.

Green signed a one-year deal. It is likely similar to last year’s one-year pact, but no contract details are available at this time.

Last offseason, the Arizona Cardinals signed A.J. Green to a one-year contract with $6 million guaranteed. Green was able to earn up to $8.5 million if he achieved all of his incentives.

The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver A.J. Green with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Green 10,278 career receiving yards and 68 career receiving touchdowns. A.J. Green began his NFL career with five consecutive seasons with over 1,000 receiving yards. In 2019, Green missed the entire year with an ankle injury.

A.J. Green is a seven-time Pro Bowl player and has gas left in the tank. The Arizona Cardinals did not get to pair A.J. Green with DeAndre Hopkins as much as they would have liked last year.

Green will continue to receive a lot of single coverage and could quickly become one of Kyler Murray’s favorite targets. The Cardinals lost former slot wide receiver Christian Kirk to the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency. Arizona will look to second-year receiver Rondale Moore to fill in Kirk’s r

The Cardinals reported the news of A.J. Green’s return to the desert.

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Former UGA football star A.J. Green finds new NFL home

The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Georgia star A.J. Green with the No. 4 overall pick. Now, A.J. Green has signed with the Arizona Cardinals.

The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver A.J. Green with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Now, for the first time in A.J. Green’s NFL career, he’ll be suiting up for another team.

The Arizona Cardinals have signed A.J. Green to a one-year contract with $6 million guaranteed. Green can earn up to $8.5 million if he achieves all of his incentives.

The former Bengals star has 9,430 career receiving yards and 65 career receiving touchdowns. A.J. Green began his NFL career with five consecutive seasons with over 1,000 receiving yards. In 2019, Green missed the entire year with an ankle injury.

Last season, A.J. Green hauled in 47 catches for 523 yards and two touchdowns. It was certainly a down year for the seven-time Pro Bowl player, but A.J. Green has gas left in the tank.

The Arizona Cardinals will pair A.J. Green with DeAndre Hopkins and Christian Kirk. Green should receive a lot of single coverage and could quickly become one of Kyler Murray’s favorite targets.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the news of A.J. Green’s signing. He joins J.J. Watt as Arizona’s biggest offseason additions.

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Mel Kiper has two Georgia football players going early in 2020 NFL mock draft

ESPN’s Mel Kiper has two Georgia football players taken in first round of his 2020 NFL mock draft.

ESPN’s NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has two Georgia football players going in the first round in his most recent 2020 NFL mock draft.

With the No. 8 pick in the NFL Draft, Kiper predicts the Arizona Cardinals will bolster their offensive line by selecting Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas. Kiper has Thomas as the first left tackle off the board.

Kiper wrote:

This is about the range in which we could see a run on offensive tackles, and Thomas, who has played on both the left and right, is No. 1 on my board. I debated going with a receiver here; wouldn’t Kyler Murray’s former teammate CeeDee Lamb enjoy catching a few more long touchdown passes from his friend? But this comes down to protecting the franchise quarterback, and Arizona desperately needs help along its line, particularly at left tackle, where starter D.J. Humphries is a free agent. The Cardinals also have some defensive deficiencies, so keep an eye on a defensive back, too.

Running back D’Andre Swift is the second Georgia player that Kiper has going in the first round. He has Swift going to the Miami Dolphins, who possess three first round picks, at 26 overall. Kiper also has the Dolphins taking Too Tagovailoa with the fifth pick. What a tandem that would be.

On the prediction, Dolphinswire.com sounds content with the Swift selection.

Miami’s biggest area of need is improvement in the run game. Forget positional value — Miami has enough picks that they should be focused on finding difference makers for their team. Swift definitely fits the bill as a dynamic three down back.