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Last week, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis described the status of A.J. Green as “up in the air.” While Lewis expressed more optimism on Monday, Green has repeated the same assessment provided previously by Lewis.

“It’s still up in the air,” Green told NFL Network on Tuesday morning, “but it definitely feels better. We’ll see about this week.”

One thing we won’t see is a fully healthy A.J. Green until 2015, at the earliest.

“It’s probably not gonna be 100 percent, but I hope it’s just manageable,” Green said. “I can get through the season and play at a high level.”

So what about this weekend, against the Ravens?

“I hope so, man. It’s still up in the air, and we’ll see,” Green said.

The Bengals need him. After starting 3-0, the Bengals are 0-2-1.