Dre Kirkpatrick on Jessie Bates

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(06-12-2018, 02:14 PM)Socal Bengals fan Wrote: the point was he almost made a play.  which means he didn't,  I don't understand hows that is a positive .  Dre is a special person I see.  anyways Bates has that prototypical center fielder type body and instincts in college so I'm pretty excited.   hope he works on his tackling though ..

Bates instincts put him in position to make the play but could not make the hit because it's a teammate/OTAs. 

It seems to me Dre is trying to make a point that even though Bates is a rookie his instincts put him in the right spot.