Burrow took Bates to UFC 276

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(07-04-2022, 10:28 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: We almost certainly know this....There is no way Bates goes La'Veon Bell on the Bengals.  Sitting out with the HOPE that you get more in the long run vs. taking a $13 million dollar contract for ONE YEAR and having the chance to get back to the Super Bowl just seems too obvious.  His first contract, as a 2nd rounder, was just under $5 million over 4 years.  

If I am wrong, I have sorely misjudged Jessie.  

He'll play, and he will play well. If he wants a long term deal with the kind of money he thinks he is worth, he has to prove he can sustain that level all year long. And he not only needs to prove it to the Bengals, but to the other 31 teams as well.