A.J. Green Bengals agree on four-year extension

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The aren't letting wide receiver go anywhere.The franchise wideout put the finishing touches on a four-year contract extension, the team announced Friday. The deal is worth $60, according to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport. Cincinnati opens the season against the on Sunday and wanted to get the deal done before a Friday flight to California.The deal places Green in line with other mega-contracts signed recently by and .Green has been one of the most visible faces of Cincinnati's franchise since being drafted No. 4 T. J. Warren Jersey  overall in 2011. In each of his first four seasons, he's eclipsed 1,000 yards receiving, putting him alongside Randy Mo s as the only players in NFL history to do so. In that four-year time span, he has the third-most catches to begin a career in NFL history.As the have shown over the last decade, they are a franchise that cherishes stability, perhaps even to a fault. But signing Green long-term was one of the most obvious decisions they've confronted yet.Head coach Marvin Lewis has not won a playoff game with the yet, but after watching his offense sputter without Green in 2014 -- he mi sed three games due to toe, bicep and head injuries -- there was little doubt he could accomplish that goal without one of the best wideouts in football.Perhaps, the best example of his impact on the field came during a the suffered at the hands of the last year. Green was on the sidelines and the ' pa sing game wasn't respected in the least.Lewis knows this, of course. The only surprise is that it took this long to get a deal done.  T.J. McConnell Jersey