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Marvin Lewis “not sure” if Bengals WR A.J. Green will be able to play in Week 4 vs. Falcons The Bengals saw superstar wide receiver A.J. Green leave Sunday’s loss to the Panthers twice with varying injuries. The second one ended his day though as Green suffered a groin injury in the third quarter.Green sat on a water cooler for most of the rest of the game after leaving the contest Youth Trayveon Williams Jersey , and though he was originally deemed probable to return, that quickly changed to questionable. Questionable was optimistic as he never made it back onto the field.After the game, Marvin Lewis said he was “not sure” if Green would be able to play when the Bengals take on the Falcons in Atlanta in Week 4. Green was more optimistic though, saying he didn’t think the injury was serious and that he’d be fine. With that said, players often minimize their injuries, just like Joe Mixon did last Thursday before having surgery on Saturday.Though the Bengals announced Green’s injury as a groin problem, he made it sound like an issue with his hip bone.It’s possible the Bengals could be without Green and Mixon against the Falcons, though it’s also possible both will play in Atlanta. This is going to be a rough week of Marv-ball wait and see and I’d imagine we’ll have some of his infamous weather reports in our future.Former NFL doctor and injury expert David Chao says Green looked “hurt rather than injured White Trayveon Williams Jersey ,” which should be a good sign for his Week 4 availability. BALTIMORE (AP) — A once-promising season is spiraling dangerously out of control, and the Cincinnati Bengals can’t even agree on the proper path to turning themselves back into a postseason contender.There’s no doubt that the defense has to get better. Yet the offense hasn’t exactly been racking up the points without injured wide receiver A.J. Green.“That’s an individual that we need,” Bengals safety Shawn Williams said.After watching his team give up more than 500 yards in total offense in three straight games, most in the Super Bowl era, coach Marvin Lewis fired defensive coordinator Teryl Austin and took over the unit.Lewis was pleased with the baby steps the Bengals took in a 24-21 loss to Baltimore on Sunday, even though they surrendered 403 yards — including 265 on the ground — to a team led by a quarterback making his first NFL start.With four losses in five games, the Bengals (5-5) find themselves lumped with several other AFC teams on a ledge, in danger of falling out of the playoff picture.“It’s a race now Carlos Dunlap Jersey Limited , and that’s what we’re here for,” Lewis said. “It’s now a race to the finish. And we’ll be a better football team coming out of this than we were coming in. That’s what’s exciting for me.”OK, the defense allowed the Ravens to convert half their 16 third-down tries and gave up 15 first downs rushing. But the 24 points allowed compared favorably to the previous four games — 28 to Pittsburgh, 45 to Kansas City, 34 against Tampa Bay and the final insult, 51 at home against New Orleans.“It was a step forward for us on defense,” linebacker Vincent Rey insisted. “Now we have to put the pedal to the metal.”Lewis knows all about leading a defense, given that he owns a Super Bowl ring from his time as a coordinator in Baltimore. The transition from Austin to Lewis was smooth http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-andrew-billings-jersey , even if the results weren’t ideal.“I have no complaints,” cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick said. “I got the calls, I got the checks, everything. We were playing fast, rallying to the ball.”Unfortunately, the defense didn’t get much support from the Cincinnati offense. Operating without Green, who has a toe injury, the Bengals were limited to 255 yards overall and scored only one touchdown before halftime.“We didn’t come out fast like we wanted to Renell Wren Jersey 2019 ,” tight end C.J. Uzomah said. “Whether it was us hurting ourselves or just not executing, whatever the case may be, we just didn’t get it done offensively.”Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton engineered a 34-23 win over Baltimore earlier this season and orchestrated a comeback victory last year to knock the Ravens out of the playoff picture on the final Sunday of the season.On this day, he was a pedestrian 19 for 36 for 211 yards and two scores.“A.J., if he’d have been out there, the coverage may have been different,” Dalton said. “But I think at the end of the day, we just got to make the plays.”Dalton sees only one way for the Bengals to turn their season around: by winning next Sunday at Cleveland Color Rush Renell Wren Jersey , possibly one of the few teams struggling more than the Bengals.“For us, it’s all about winning the next one. … It doesn’t matter if we don’t win. We’ve got to put our focus on this week.”