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Following up on an item in this week's Team Notes. ... In what can't possibly be a good sign for Sunday’s Wildcard game in Indianapolis, the Bengals listed A.J. Green as doubtful for the contest.

As Bengals.com's Geoff Hobson noted, after going limited on Thursday, Green didn’t practice at all Friday morning and remains in the NFL concussion protoco. Hobson added, "Very rarely do Friday doubtful players play on Sunday," although Green has one more meeting with a doctor Saturday in an effort to get cleared.

The hope had been that he would be cleared before Friday’s practice so he could be full go, but he was dressed in sweats while standing among the quarterbacks and wide receivers on the Paul Brown Stadium turf.

The fact that Green worked on a limited basis Thursday then sat out Friday's session could be an indication that he's not asymptomactic yet. One aspect of the NFL's concussion protocol is that a player must be symptom free for two days.

Meanwhile, it was a thin group with rookie James Wright (knee) not expected to play and Dane Sanzenbacher (concussion) going on season-ending injured reserve earlier in the week. That leaves them with four healthy wide receivers, Mohamed Sanu, Brandon Tate, Greg Little and Cobi Hamilton.

Hobson reminded readers that Little joined the team in October, has six catches, and has been inactive five of the last seven games. Hamilton, a 2013 sixth-round pick, has been on the practice squad the last two years and has never played in an NFL game. Tate has 17 catches for 193 yards and a touchdown and while Sanu has 56 catches and five touchdowns with a career-high 790 yards, he was only targeted nine times in the month of December.

Tight end Jermaine Gresham (back), their second leading receiver with 460 yards on 62 catches, was back to practice Friday after missing Wednesday and Thursday but was called questionable after going limited.

In other words, Jeremy Hill and Giovani Bernard will likely be quite busy this weekend.