Bates cryptic tweet?

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(07-15-2022, 02:37 PM)jj22 Wrote:

For the #Bengals and star S Jessie Bates: The team's final offer guaranteed Bates only $4M more than what he would get if he eventually signs the franchise tag. Big difference is the tag locks Bates in for one year while the Bengals' offer locked him in for 5 additional years.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 15, 2022

I bet this came from Bate's agent because it is kind of deceptive.


Technically if Bates signs a long term deal his salary for 2022 is not fully guaranteed, but he gets paid even if he goes on IR with a season ending injury.  So it is pretty damn close to guaranteed.

So the Bengals could be offering a $17.5 million fully guaranteed signing bonus that he would get this year IN ADDITION TO his annual salary which is also pretty much guaranteed.

And that sounds about in line with the amount of guaranteed money the Bengals have given some of their other players.

Reader........... $20.5 
Boyd.............. $17.3
Hendrickson... $16
Waynes.......... $15