SHRacerX Mock 1.0 2022

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(04-01-2022, 08:23 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I think Bates is as good as gone, especially if there is not some miracle contract agreement before the draft.  I bet they hold on to Bell.  

If Bengals didn't have any intent to keep Bates beyond the tag around the amount he's been looking for, they should have skipped the tag to let him walk and sign someone like Xavier Woods as his replacement.
Woods signed with CAR for just 3 years, $15.75 mill.
He had a pretty solid season with MIN last year with 3 INTs, 10 PDs, 2 FFs, 1 sack, 108 tackles. That's close to Bates-level production but at a much lower cost.

Oh well, I guess. If that's how the Bengals wanna do business, that's their choice.