For a moment, yesterday’s game against the Washington Commanders felt like a preview of the Baltimore Ravens. A chippy sequence between Pittsburgh Steelers LB Patrick Queen and TE John Bates that resulted in both men being called for offsetting personal fouls.
After the games, the normally quiet Bates told his side of the story and explained why he got so upset.
“I would say something like that has never really happened to me,” Bates said via the Commanders’ website. “Like I said, I was playing through the whistle. It’s just the way I play. If you go back and watch the film, in my opinion, it was him probably trying to do something dirty to me.