10-21-2021, 12:32 AM
(10-20-2021, 10:30 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Tbh, I don't like when players try to put pressure on the team to sign another player by publicly calling them out.
Also, Bates is having a down year (compared to last year) and the hold up might be that he's trying to cash in on that 1 year of amazing play.
This is pretty much the biggest reason I'd prefer Hilton to shut up. He could be putting pressure on the TEAM to overpay...which would be great for Bates (and great down the road for players like Hilton), but terrible for the success of the team.
So...shut up Mike Hilton.
(10-20-2021, 10:36 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I hate to start this talk up again, but this team is successful now, and with success comes a lot of players getting huge raises. We're going to have to think long and hard about who we can actually keep.
If we sign Bates to a massive deal, do we lose Logan Wilson when he's up? What about Jonah? Of course, Burrow is going to account for $50+ million in cap in 2-3 years as well.
Bates is a young player on the rise and should be signed to a long term deal. Also the cap is rising so we should be able to afford these big contracts.
