07-29-2022, 05:56 PM
(07-29-2022, 05:20 PM)Stewy Wrote: Exactly, because he has to play half the games or he doesn't accrue a year of experience.....but also it's important to realize that if he doesn't play at all, the Bengals still own his rights for the next year and can re-place a FIRST year franchise tag on him, since he wouldn't have played or accrued credit. So he'll play at least half the season just to accrue a year and force the Bengals into a more expensive tag the next year.
The way the CBA is written, Bates really has no options, hold out and give up 12.9 million dollars, and face the chance that he is tagged again next year.
If he skips TC. He will not be in football shape. The injury risk escalates.
Bates will not skip more than a week of TC.
There is a reason only one player has held out the entire season, and that player was the top player at his position, and has since admitted he played Russian roulette with his career and lost.
