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

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(07-07-2022, 05:01 PM)Au165 Wrote: Take it for what it's worth, but I was told today the Bengals had recently made another offer to Bates with a slightly different approach to see if they can make one last effort on getting him signed before the 15th. This is not from anyone in Cincy but someone from another team, so it's 3rd hand knowledge so again... take that for what it's worth.

Hopefully it's legit and he takes the offer because we need to get him under contract without breaking the bank because we can't have him playing the regular season like he played the regular season last year and he has to realize that it's unlikely that another team will offer him a big contract based only off of his playoff performance.

I hope he also realizes that he can't sign the franchise tag and then half-ass it in the regular season again because that's an easy way to get himself hurt.

(07-07-2022, 06:36 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Cool, thanks Au.


I am with you Weezy on letting him play on the tag this year. If it is on his mind like last regular season and he doesn't play 
well we can let him go afterwards with a couple talented young guys in Dax and Tycen in the wings. If he plays himself out 
of a contract here even better IMO. All this being said I would be fine if we got a deal done too.

Just cannot be a Minkah Fitzpatrick deal. We need money for the guys you mention and Burrow much more than for an 
inconsistent Safety who plays great here and there but has some problems tackling.

Agreed but, like I said above, my biggest fear is he doesn't go all-out again this season.

We normally take care of our guys, so let's hope that we do but leave ourselves some room because we have some big contracts coming up in the next few years.