08-20-2021, 11:52 AM
(08-20-2021, 11:37 AM)TJ528 Wrote: You look at everyone you put here and they paid them and kept them, you're very correct Fred.
However, I'm looking through the list you included for a player at the top of his game who was considered the "best" player at his position in the NFL. I honestly don't see any players on that list that would meet those criteria.
Willie Anderson was 3 time First Team All-Pro.
Chad Johnson was 2 time First Team All-Pro and 6 time Pro Bowl.
Geno Atkins was 2 time First Team All-Pro and 8 time Pro Bowl.
AJ Green went to the Pro Bowl every year for the first 7 seasons of his career.
Bates is not even close to the level of those players. I am not bashing Bates at all. I think he is a great player. I hope like hell that we can keep him here. But I don't think there is any team that would make him the highest paid safety in the league right now. Who has said he was the best safety in the league?
