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

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(06-16-2022, 09:55 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Of course another way to look at it, is not trading Bates for picks makes us less strong next year. Also Bates is not playing for free; it's $13 MIL against the Cap. We could turn that into Landon Collins and an interior lineman such as Ereck Flowers. And of course this is assuming Bates is only bluffing when he says he won't play under the tag.

So really how much worse is this team with Landon Collins, Ereck Flowers, more playing opportunities for Dax than it is with an unhappy Jesse Bates? 

Obviously if they trade him for another starter or sign a free agent that would change things. 

I just don't want to have to depend on a rookie to start in his place. And we never know if any potential free agent would want to sign here.