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

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(05-19-2022, 02:37 PM)ochocincos Wrote: How does the Bell situation not support my argument?

You just said so yourself that Bell became the 2nd HIGHEST PAID RB IN 2019.
He did that AFTER sitting out the year.

If Bates is concerned about having a good, multi-year contract in place even after sitting out a year being tagged, Bell is an example of getting that.
Bell falling off a cliff after signing his contract with the Jets and getting let go early doesn't mean Bates is going to do the same.
If Bates wants to take that gamble, that's on him.

Right and Bell SUCKED after he got paid, which is a warning to Teams, which was my point.  While Bell is a positive example from Bates perspective, it is a horrible example from the Team and fans perspective.  However, as Bates dancing partners (the Bengals FO) aren't dumb or desperate (like the Jets were), Bell is a HUGE negative example in regard to Bates not signing the tag because the Bengals don't broker that BS.  

Bates can sit out all he wants, but the Bengals can tag him 3 times.  Bates might not play again until 2024 if he gets tagged twice and sits twice.  As a matter of fact, tagging him 3 times doesn't even get him to the 17 mil/yr people are speculating he wants.  Sitting out gives him almost no leverage, regardless of your singular and non-equivalent example.

And you conveniently ignored the fact that the Bell and Bates situations were entirely different.  Bell had already played through one tag banking 10 mil dollar.  Bates has not had that luxury of extra cash.  He's on the first tag....not the second.  Get it?  FIRST.  He hasn't banked an extra 10 mil.  The situations are DIFFERENT.