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(07-26-2021, 10:38 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It's not like the Bengals are going to get a great deal if they sign Bates now. He's probably going to get either the highest or second highest safety contract in the NFL if you sign him to an extension in 2021.

I am just saying I would rather spend the extra $1-2m/yr a year from now and be SURE he's the the guy who should be the highest or second highest paid safety in the NFL.

Bates is a better player (in my opinion), so the comparison isn't exact, but Joe Mixon also had 1 terrible year, 1 good year, and 1 great year before getting a contract. Now imagine if the Bengals had held off on paying Joe Mixon for just 1 year. Nobody would give Mixon a 4yr/$48m deal right now and the Bengals could have saved themselves a boatload of cap space and guaranteed money. (If Mixon is bad again this year, they can't really cut him before 2022 as he'd have a $8.25m dead cap hit.)

Wait the extra year, and if you have to pay an extra $1-2m/yr to secure an All-Pro caliber safety, that's not such a terrible thing compared to the possibility of making a $60m mistake.


If that's what you got from reading my post, you didn't read my post at all. Thanks for the great contribution.

Its smarter to get the Bates deal done now because the Salary Cap is going have huge jumps over the next few years which means contracts will too. And we already know Jessie Bates is the best single high safety in the NFL and deserves a contract. Tape Doesn't Lie.