For the first time in three years, the Cincinnati Bengals are 1-0. All is right inside Paul Brown Stadium aside from one potential issue.
The club and Jessie Bates III could not reach a contract extension by the time Sunday came around. Traditionally, Cincinnati uses the start of the regular season as a deadline for extensions and wait until the end of the season to restart negotiations. In all likelihood, they will exercise this timeline with their star free safety as well.
Bates spoke with local media Monday afternoon and was pretty frank about the situation.