06-15-2022, 02:48 PM
(06-15-2022, 02:28 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We have one of the best chances ever to win it all this year. No way we should trade away one of our best players and make the team weaker this year just to maybe help in the future.
With this team the future is now.
Joe Burrow made a heartfelt point about Bates being invaluable in terms of his contribution to the locker room. He mentioned a dollar value can be placed on his work on the field, but not on his locker room presence, which Burrow clearly holds in high regard. If Bates were traded because of money it would not play well in the locker room. Nor with Burrow.
