A.J. Green's Updated Fantasy Outlook Heading into Week 5

After sitting out much of Week 2 with a toe injury, A.J. Green stormed back against the Tennessee Titans in Week 3 to record 102 receiving yards.

Even more impressive is that Cincinnatti Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton only threw for 169 yards that game, making Green the only real threat for Dalton.

As of right now, there has been no news of any potential setback, with ESPN NFL Nation's Coley Harvey indicating just about every Cincinnati player was at practice earlier this week:

With the Bengals entering Week 5 off their bye, fantasy owners should be even more comfortable starting Green this weekend.

He proved he could go for over 100 yards two weeks ago, and with a few more weeks of rest, he should be completely over the injury.

Another reason for optimism heading into this weekend for Green owners is that his opponent—the New England Patriots, who are No. 1 against the pass on the young season—are coming off a week where they surrendered 256 yards and three touchdowns through the air in Kansas City.

The fact that the Kansas City Chiefs ran for another 207 yards probably kept those passing numbers artificially low as well.

Tim Heaney of USA Today likes the head-to-head matchup of Green and Darrelle Revis as well:

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Darrelle Revis Island lately has looked more like Gilligan’s. Green should continue rattling off his excellent 19.4 yards-per-catch average fresh off a bye against a Pats team that’s in shambles on both sides of the ball.

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For evidence of Heaney's point, look no further than Revis' performance against the lowly Oakland Raiders and their rookie signal-caller, Derek Carr, per Andrew Siciliano of the NFL Network:

If Cincinnati can maintain possession of the ball for upward of 35 minutes, as Kansas City did against the New England Patriots, Green will have plenty of opportunities to add to his 233-yard total for the year.

The only real concern Green owners should have is that Mohamed Sanu and Giovani Bernard have caught as many balls as Green this season, meaning Dalton may be showing signs of being more willing to target other receivers, which could cost Green touches moving forward.

Regardless, A.J. Green is a must-start receiver.

As one of the best route-runners in the NFL, Green also possesses the rare combination of explosiveness and body control, per Andy Benoit of Sports Illustrated:

Those traits ensure that he nearly always makes his fair share of receptions. In fact, in his last 11 contests, he's caught at least four passes in nine of them—with one of the two exceptions being the game he was forced out of in Week 2 of this season.

Week	Opponent	Receptions	Yards	TD
2013 - 10	@BAL	8	151	1
11	CLE	2	7	0
13	@SD	5	83	1
14	IND	6	72	1
15	@PIT	9	93	0
16	MIN	7	97	2
17	BAL	4	61	1
2014 - 1	@BAL	6	131	1
2*	ATL*	0*	0*	0*
3	TEN	6	102	0

When you throw him out there after a week's rest, against a reeling New England defense in a head-to-head matchup with an underwhelming Revis, his prospects for the week look that much brighter.

Jon Reid is a correspondent for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter @JonReidCSM.