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

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(04-26-2022, 02:20 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Is Bates really the best player on our defense? I'd take Hendrickson, Reader and Wilson over him. Tbh, I might rather lose Bates than BJ Hill, Awuzie, or Hubbard. Bell and Hilton are right up there.

I think people got hung up on that one sky high PFF grade he got, and he's been overhyped ever since. Good player, but inconsistent, and I don't think losing him will break this defense.

I'd be hesitant to break the bank over the guy. Plus he's rubbed me the wrong way with how he's behaved over his contract status. Saying it affected him last year. Not signing the tag this year. Ugh.

That's where I'm at.

Bates is above average to good with shades of great at times. But, he's not consistently any of those things.

It seems he's priced at the great level. But, he likely will only play at that level part of the time.

Guys like Hendrickson, Readers, Hubbard, and Awuzie have played at a pretty consistently Good level. They don't have stretches of below average play, etc.

I'm not a Bates hater by any means. If he were priced at his level of above average to good Safety I'd be in.

Our last period of having a good team should have taught us a lesson. We will lose players from the core. We just have to control which ones that is. And I'd keep the ones that produce consistently.