Bates Being Traded To The Eagles?

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(05-23-2022, 10:27 AM)fredtoast Wrote: If Bell had came out ahead we would have seen more players sitting out a year.

It is hard to make up losing $13 million by sitting out a year.  Bates may get a better contract if he sits out a year, but will it be worth $13 million more?

Bell is a hard example to quantity.  Many believe he would have come out ahead if he had signed the Steelers offer or the FT.  However, I think Bell was finished after the first FT.  The Steelers literally rode him into the ground.  Most of us would consider Joe Mixon a high volume RB.  His career high for touches in a season is 334 from last year.  Bell had 336 in the final year of his rookie deal...in only 12 games.  He had over 400 in the FT year and over 370 his sophomore season.  Mixon's career high for offensive snaps is 69% of the offensive snaps his 2nd year.  Bell"s low with the Steelers was 77% as a rookie and he was over 90% his last two seasons there, which is insane for a RB.  By comparison, Chase only played 85% of the offensive snaps this year for the Bengals.  I think he knew he was done and he certainly knew he wouldn't survive another year with that insane workload so he held out for the most guaranteed at signing he could get.

Bates is in a very different position.  S's enjoy much longer careers playing at a high level than RB's.  At a $13 mil FT, he really only needs to get an extra $3.25 mil/year on a 4 year deal to make up for the FT.  Also keep in mind that the cap is supposed to make massive jumps the next two years as the new TV deal kicks in.