07-28-2022, 11:19 PM
His behavior makes perfect sense to me. He knows that he will end up playing. So he wants to help these guys out because they will be his teammates this year.
As a 5th year veteran Bates does not need training camp. Can you blame him for getting out of it? If a player under contract doesn't come to training camp he can get drilled with a ton of fines. Bates is not under contract so there is no penalty for skipping training camp.
Basically he is saying, "Yeah, I will play for the franchise tag money, but I am not going through training camp." If he is not getting as much money as he wants then he sees the "free pass" to skip camp as an added benefit.
As a 5th year veteran Bates does not need training camp. Can you blame him for getting out of it? If a player under contract doesn't come to training camp he can get drilled with a ton of fines. Bates is not under contract so there is no penalty for skipping training camp.
Basically he is saying, "Yeah, I will play for the franchise tag money, but I am not going through training camp." If he is not getting as much money as he wants then he sees the "free pass" to skip camp as an added benefit.
