Yesterday, 11:54 AM
(03-21-2025, 02:20 PM)jj22 Wrote: Because I didn't google anything. I came across the article while the extensions were being discussed everywhere, on many media outlets and posted it. I don't need google to back anything I say around here up. Yall should know that by now.
I am not the one to google "Did Bengals want tee" to make a point. I was around to remember how all of this went down.
I've also listened to Mo, Tony, James all week and they've gone on and on about how Burrow effected the decision to extend Tee.... You guys coming for me just seems like you haven't been paying attention to the weeks big news and all the reporting that came out of it.
But hey, google Tobin on re-signing Jessie bates and you'll hear the same thing as you found with his comments on wanting Tee back. Here's a hint. They "wanted" Bates back too....
They dicked around and tried to play Bengal Ball with Jessie's contract. It was rubbing their arse wrong to have to match that ATL money. So, they hem-hawed around, certainly didn't use a very good sales pitch, and he moved on.
Bates is from Indiana but he played his college ball and spent his young adulthood in that corner of the SE. Guess where Metropolis lies in that part of the SE? Yep, you guessed it! The ATL! My point being, he was probably already familiar with Atlanta. The "titties and beer" (RIP Zappa) aka atmosphere in parts of Atlanta is second to none.
Bengals needed to blow him away to keep him in Cincy, they didn't, and they had tagged him the previous year. He was like "Bengals be clowning again". Bye Felisha.
This time around they had their feet held to the fire by everyone; Burrow, Chase, Tee, their agent, the media, their past, and the fanbase. Losing Jessie hindered the defense. Losing the others, be it physically or mentally, was going to be devastating and unacceptable. They would have lost the team and a healthy allotment of the fanbase as well.
