Jamal Adams extended...Bates next?

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(08-20-2021, 11:38 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Times have changed.  Safeties are not just guys who are too slow to play CB or too small to play LB.  With the way teams are throwing the ball now cover safeties like Bates are extremely valuable.

I don't know if you are old enough to remember when TEs were just small tackles who sometimes caught passes, but the same thing happened with that position.  Now there are several TEs making 10-15 million a year.

Fred, your right when it comes to what safety's do in the NFL now days.  

Safety's are more CB's than they are guys who are too slow to play CB.  

I'm hoping the FO doesn't look at the safety position, how they look at the guard position on the OL.  

Last Bengals TE i remember like you're describing was Rodney Holman.  

Dude could block but if i remember right didn't catch many balls per season.