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

[THE PISTONS]

(08-01-2022, 12:36 PM)Whatever Wrote: Barely.  If you combine Weeks 10-17 with the playoffs, you get a Passer Rating When Targeted of 98.59, which is marginally better than his 100.52 the first half of the season.  I don't have time to calculate 1st half vs 2nd half+playoffs, but his Missed Tackle % ballooned in the playoffs to 13% from 7.2% in the regular season.  

The guy is just wildly inconsistent, like you said.  If he wants a big number, a team would have to structure it to protect themselves, which means low guaranteed money.  If Bates wants more guaranteed, he needs to take a lower overall number.  

Yes - But we both know that some team will give him the large contract he wants. Teams do it all the time. They pay for the outlier in performance rather than the average.