Bates confirms contract talks aren't close, and why Tampa is such a great preseason test for the Bengals

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🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Jessie Bates' unhappy comments about contract negotiations Thursday cast doubt over his extension, but there's a real football game coming and Jake and James break down what to watch for as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a perfect preseason challenge for the Cincinnati Bengals as we look for omens of the season to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:15.3	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.
0:20.2	I'm Jake Liskow.
0:21.1	He's James Rupin.
0:22.0	We have a preseason game coming soon.
0:25.7	Real football to talk about.
0:27.8	And James and I will give you who we're watching on the defense on the offense.
0:32.2	Coming up in segments two and three of the show today.
0:34.8	But the story of the day is an answer that I imagine surprised
0:39.1	Dan Horde and Dave Lapham a little bit when they talked to Jesse Bates about his contract
0:44.0	extension talks on the Bengals training camp report. Boy, Jesse Bates contract negotiations. We talked
0:52.9	about this the other day. There was a report that said that the Bengals and Bates weren't close.
0:57.7	At the time, I thought negotiating tactic, and it might still be, it might be that the Bengals
1:05.3	lowballed him.
1:06.4	And after his comments today, that second possibility may be a little bit more likely than I
1:14.6	previously thought. The quote is, I guess I haven't done enough yet to be considered one of the
1:21.2	top safeties in this league. That's what Jesse Bates told Dan Horde when Dan asked him about the report that said the negotiations aren't close.
1:30.8	I imagine Bengals PR putting Jesse Bates with Dan Horde and Dave Lapham on this show.
1:38.7	They imagined that he would downplay it, maybe not comment so directly, but instead we get a very blunt answer from a very
1:46.0	serious Jesse Bates, a major tone shift from the last time the media talked to Bates about
1:53.5	his contract extension. And I'll say this, James, it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
1:58.4	It could still be posturing. There's still plenty of time for this deal to
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