Mike Hilton makes a statement

[Shake n Blake]

(10-20-2021, 01:49 PM)pally Wrote: He echos the desire of all Bengals fans

Mike Hilton ends his presser with this: Extend Jessie Bates!

— Jay Morrison (@JayMorrisonATH) October 20, 2021

Tbh, I don't like when players try to put pressure on the team to sign another player by publicly calling them out.

Also, Bates is having a down year (compared to last year) and the hold up might be that he's trying to cash in on that 1 year of amazing play.

This is pretty much the biggest reason I'd prefer Hilton to shut up. He could be putting pressure on the TEAM to overpay...which would be great for Bates (and great down the road for players like Hilton), but terrible for the success of the team.

So...shut up Mike Hilton.