CINCINNATI -- The Bengals axed any speculation about a potential trade of wide receiver A.J. Green.
"We're not trading that guy," said Zac Taylor, the Bengals' coach who also is the spokesperson for the front office.
With Green in the final year of his four-year contract and the trade deadline looming later this month, the star receiver seemed like a likely trade candidate for the winless Bengals. However, Taylor said any such chatter was unnecessary as Green prepares to return from an ankle injury that has kept him out of the first five games this season.