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

[*ochocincos*]

(07-25-2022, 10:22 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I know PFF isn't gospel, and I agree, but it's at least an interesting reference point.

Marcus Williams
2021: 80.1
2020: 79.3
2019: 86.5
2018: 74.0
2017: 88.3

Bates at his best is better than Williams, but there's nowhere near the consistency. I'll take a guy who can give you an 8/10 every single year over a guy who will sandwich a 9/10 with a 5/10 and a 6/10.

Someone WILL pay Bates serious money, I agree, but that doesn't mean it'll be a good move and there's a good chance we end up laughing at them a year or two later.

And here are their stats in the regular season the past 4 years:
Bates - 63 games, 10 INTs, 35 PDs, 2 FFs, 408 tackles
Williams - 61 games, 11 INTs, 31 PDs, 3 FFs, 247 tackles

Bates (and/or his agent) will (justifiably) argue that he's been more productive through 2018-2021 than Marcus Williams, so he deserves about the same contract, if not higher.

I get your point about PFF ratings, but stats matter too. Bates has more statistical production.