PFF Top 50 released with no Bengals listed.

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(06-28-2021, 10:28 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I opened this list expecting only 1 or maybe 2 safeties on the list, and then concluding that safeties just aren't valued in the NFL like they used to be.

But there are 4 safeties on that list. (6 QBs, 5 RB, 2 TE, 8 WR, 5 tackles, 2 guards, 4 DTs, 5 DEs, 4 LBs, 5 CBs and 4 Safeties)

So they seem to think Bates is, at best, the 5th best safety in the NFL.

Seems wrong.

I like Bates and he was certainly elite in my book last year.  However, their write ups also talk a lot about how players did the previous few seasons.  Bates had a good rookie year, but struggled in '19.  His average PFF grade over the three years he's been in the league is 77, which is good, but certainly not elite.  It may be a case of Bates needing to back it up with another good season before they put him in that esteem.