10-05-2024, 01:12 PM
(10-04-2024, 06:11 PM)sandwedge Wrote: I fI remember correctly, didn't he have a terrible season after the SB year and then decided to play good in playoffs?
I liked Bates as much as the next fan, liked it when we drafted him, but I wouldn't have overpaid him to stay here.
Yeah, that's my point. People remember Playoff Jesse fondly, and watch him having a good season in Atlanta, and now lament that the Bengals did not overpay him to stay. They tend to forget all the struggles Bates had here and some of the trash they wrote about him. Like I said, absence makes the heart grow fonder.... I liked Bates, but I would not have paid what he wanted either for that safety position. If he played like Playoff Jesse all the time, then maybe, but he didn't. Just like if Andy was always "Good Andy" and never "Bad Andy" he would still be here.
