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

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(05-04-2022, 02:39 PM)pulses Wrote: Rumors were his agent was asking for 18-20m a year.

Makes me wonder what the Bengals would offer - bottom line, and what he'd accept.

Hard not knowing what actually has been offered and what is Jessie's bottom line.  But to me 15 and 50% guaranteed would be a great number.   I'd say 30 million guaranteed would be enough to live on, a respectable reward for his excellent play and worth it for the Bengals to keep him as one of the cornerstones of the team.  I really don't see safety worth over 15 mil a year.  But it's what the market says it is.

That's what I liked about players who said they had a bottom line - and they were good with that.  It was not just the most they could get, but there has to be some sort of respect for what the player has done.

I fear he'll be gone.   Makes me sad.  He's a great player.