08-12-2021, 03:34 PM
(08-12-2021, 03:32 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I will say, if you actually watch the interview and not go on Liscow's words, it doesn't sound NEARLY as bad as it appears, not even close. He's smiling and is pleasant throughout and he ends the interview with:
"I'm just gonna be the best team player I can be and I'll let my agent deal with the numbers and work something out."
That tells me it's not nearly as bad as it seems, but that's just me.
Liscow totally edited the quote to make it sound as bad as possible.
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"I guess I haven't done enough yet to be considered one of the top safeties in the league." and "This will be the last time I speak on the contract" - Jessie Bates III asked about extension.
— Jake Liscow (@JakeLiscow) August 12, 2021
I retract my former comfort. Hard to know what's going on, but that's a tone change.
Quote:Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates III joined Dan Hoard and Dave Lapham for Thursday's Training Camp Report tweeted by the team, and suggested that he's not sure what he needs to do to prove that he's among the National Football League's top defensive backs.
"I think as far as my contract goes, I guess I haven't done enough yet to be considered one of the top safeties in this league, which is fine," Bates told Hoard and Lapham. "That's fine with me. I'm going to go to work just like any other day, my first three years being here."
He added that it would be the last time he speaks about his contract situation.
"I wish it was done today, obviously, but there are negotiations that have to happen between my agent and you know, upstairs," Bates told reporters late last month, per The Enquirer's Adam Baum. "That's a process ... I'm eager about, but it'll happen when it's supposed to happen. I truly believe that."
In February, Yates tweeted that Bates doesn't get the recognition he deserves for a player with his talent.
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