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(02-22-2022, 05:22 PM)J24 Wrote: Two totally  different  situation 

1)Bates will be  25 while  Bell will be 28 this off season. 

2.) They're  asked to do two different things. One is deep Centerfield Safety(Bates) and the other is an inbox Safety  Bell. 

3.) The Front office  signed both Iloka and Williams  to Long term deals in 2016. 

As to the OP  the Bengals will resign Bates this off-season.  He is to valuable to the defense not to be here. In fact there is a good chance he will sign long term.

You tell me I'm talking about two totally different situations but you compare resigning Iloka and Williams to resigning Bates and Bell? Bates will command more than the combined salaries we gave Iloka and Williams.

This is what happens when talks come to re-signing players. You're not willing to re-sign a player before you even know what he's demanding? You don't like him. 

I've said I have 0 problem with signing Williams, but I'd prefer to keep Bell over him. In his short time here he's proved to be the equal player and superior leader to Bates...But I'm sure JuJu Smith-Schuster would prefer we keep Bates instead of Bell in the AFC North