AJ Green, WR - Cincinnati Bengals 2011 NFL Draft Pick Likes The Slant

Alabama and Georgia featured two of the best wide receivers in the South, and now they were both top picks in the 2011 NFL Draft: Julio Jones of the Atlanta Falcons and A.J. Green of the Cincinnati Bengals.

On the plane up to the NFL Draft, a man I was sitting next to was really upset Green left Georgia, skipping his senior year for the NFL. But Green's stock is so high, he had to do it. Plus, he's in a position to contribute to the Bengals Wide Receiving Group, and possibly even replace Number 85 Chad Ochocinco.

Indeed, where Chad has been blasted over the middle by the New York Jets, who then said he didn't want to get hit over the middle, A.J. Green, in an interview at the NFL Draft, says his favorite pattern to run is, get this, the Slant and is not afraid of getting hit, saying "You just go in there. You gonna get hit, regardless. You can't have that at the back of your mind."

And to clarify, as the video shows, we weren't talking about Chad at the time; A.J. Green was talking strictly about his favorite pattern to run, and I asked him about dealing with the safety closing in to make the hit.

A.J. Green will be as much an asset to the Bengals as Jones will be for the Falcons. And from the looks of the latest news, Chad's not leaving the Bengals any time soon.