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[SunsetBengal]

(02-25-2022, 07:11 PM)Whatever Wrote: I never said that PFF was the only outlet pimping him.  I said they were one of the only outlets pimping him.  If you want to play "gotcha" games, that's fine, but you have to respond to what the other person actually said.

Bates himself has all but admitted he tanked the season.  If you need more proof than the man's own words, watch him in the playoffs vs the regular season.  Is anyone seriously going to argue that he gave his best effort in the regular season?  

I don't know Bates at all.  I have nothing for or against him on a personal level.  I'm not a fan of paying top market value for safeties because of their relative ease of replacement.  That said, if Bates played in '21 like he did in '20, his contract demands would be justified and I wouldn't have an issue paying him at an elite level.  He didn't, but he still wants to be paid at an elite level.  

Quote:Thing is, last year PFF was one of the only outlets drumming up Bates as an elite S. 

If that sentence isn't implying that PFF was the only major source rating Bates highly, I don't know what is.  All I did was simply point out that the All-Pro team is selected by sports writers from across the entire Nation, and not PFF.

Now, you're still clinging to the idea that somehow an elite player, in a contract season, somehow went out there and purposely tried to make the team lose, even going so far as to say that he even said it with his own mouth??  I'm going to cut you some slack, as I don't think that the word "tanked" means what you think it means.