The Ghost of Jessie Bates

[TheFan]

(10-23-2022, 10:25 AM)Synric Wrote: He might not be lighting up the stat sheet but Jessie Bates is playing well on the back end. He's not getting targeted much.

Seen a bunch of takes saying Jessie Bates has been bad this year and I don't agree. He hasn't made too many game-changing plays, but a lot of his coverage reps look like this. pic.twitter.com/YWNptt2TuU

— Mike (@bengals_sans) October 17, 2022

I don't think most are saying he's been really bad this year. But he definitely hasn't been close to great. He wants to get paid like the best safety in football and is far from it. The fact that he's making no game changing plays is exactly why people didn't want to sign him to a top dollar deal in the first place. Everything he does seems to be replaceable.