08-17-2022, 04:42 PM
The James deal just further cements the fact that Bates was never realistically signing a long term deal with us unless it was at a significant discount. With Burrow, Chase, Jonah, Higgins, etc coming up, there was no way this was happening. Add into the fact we don’t have the escrow to compete with some of these guaranteed deals, the writing was on the wall for awhile. With that being said I have faith in Dax. Dude is a baller and will prove to be a great replacement.
