Bates on contract situation

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(08-26-2021, 05:12 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Unless the safety market makes a monumental jump even in respect to the growing cap number, they should be able to tag him AND lock him up when they feel ready.it’s all hypotheticals at this point and I do think they should just pull the trigger now but not panicking.

OTC projects the safety tag to cost $13.5 mill next year.
https://overthecap.com/franchise-transition-and-rfa-tenders/


Given that the tag is the average of the five top prior year salaries for players at a position, I'd imagine it could easily jump to $15+ mill in 2023 if we start seeing a few more guys sign deals for $15+ mill a year.