Burrow took Bates to UFC 276

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(07-03-2022, 04:52 PM)J24 Wrote: When the Franchise player goes out of his way to mention Bates at his press conference  and talks about how much he wants the Franchise to sign him to a longterm deal. You damm right it means something significant. Burrow is calculated him showing up with Bates in Vegas is a message to the FO.

Burrow doesn't have to "show up" in Vegas with Bates to send the team a message. I'm pretty sure he has direct lines of communication with ownership.

Mikey to Katie: "Bates is a good player but we are not in a position to offer him the long term deal he wants"

Katie to Mikey: "You do knoe he and Burrow were in Vegas watching UFC last night don't you?"

Mikey to Katie: "Uh oh, JB's sending us a message...Give Bates whatever he wants"