I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
Well…he was paid $45 million to miss a huge chunk of 2023 with injury. And he’s getting $65 million this year. Sarcastic answers that seem to throw his bosses under the bus? Probably not appreciated by the Cincy front office. Part of getting paid the huge money is showing a positive attitude in your media interviews. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Well…he was paid $45 million to miss a huge chunk of 2023 with injury. And he’s getting $65 million this year. Sarcastic answers that seem to throw his bosses under the bus? Probably not appreciated by the Cincy front office. Part of getting paid the huge money is showing a positive attitude in your media interviews.
How the hell hard is the 'right' answer here?
"I love this group of guys. You always get excited about the idea of adding more but if we don't, we have the talent to win here and it's my job as a leader and the triggerman of this offense to ensure that we do..."
Done and dusted.
This stuff is so easy. And answering the way he did doesn't help ANYONE. Mike Brown isn't going to be publicly shamed by his QB. His teammates aren't going to be inspired by him going up there and smugging his way through answers.
There's NOTHING gained by how he chose to handle that. And "Not my job..." is not a soundbite you really want to put in the wild. Because man, you KNOW that when he misses on a critical pass in the 4th quarter, someone like Stephen A Smith is gonna play that and say "No, Joe - THAT was your job. And you blew it..."
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Well…he was paid $45 million to miss a huge chunk of 2023 with injury. And he’s getting $65 million this year. Sarcastic answers that seem to throw his bosses under the bus? Probably not appreciated by the Cincy front office. Part of getting paid the huge money is showing a positive attitude in your media interviews.
It’s not like that was immediately after a game where emotions might be playing a part.
