Why the **** is Jessie Bates not signed yet?

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(04-19-2022, 07:34 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Then Bates holds all the cards by not signing, unless he gets hurt while unsigned obviously. 

No wonder he has yet to put some ink on the paper. 

Not really.  If the Bengals rescind the tag, Bates will have a hard time finding a team able to meet his salary demands this far into FA.  He could get stuck on a prove it deal worth less than the FT.