03-04-2023, 08:56 PM
(03-02-2023, 09:48 PM)TheFan Wrote: How is he underrated? He's been an average grading safety the last 2 years and is living off of 2020. I think most people see him as a 10-15 range safety and I dont think there's much evidence to support he's a top 3 safety like he wants to be paid like.Completely false!you do realize Baltimore gave Marcus Williams 5 years 70m??you do understand that around the league bates is recognized as a far better safety than Williams??just because you ignorant fans don't think the bengals should pay him doesn't mean he shouldn't get paid..
Look at the playoff teams and a top paid safety is pretty much no where on the list of successful teams. He's not even in the realm of a Polamalu, Reed, Thomas etc who are complete game changers. No successful team will pay him what he wants. If a crap team overpays him and then becomes good, he'll likely be one of the first cap casualties unless that give him the fully guaranteed contract.
