A couple of seasons back, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green was shut down for the season after dealing with an injury. Not shut down because of the injury—he said he felt as though he was able to return—but shut down from the higher ups, namely owner Mike Brown, who didn’t want to risk a reaggravation during a season that was already lost.
This year, in spite of the fact that the Bengals let the 2018 season slip away, Green vowed that that would not happen again, or at least that he would be really upset about it.