(02-24-2022, 10:46 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I'm actually kind of shocked he hasn't been re-signed yet...

(02-24-2022, 03:37 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Yeah, after the postseason he had..........

I'm starting to think maybe he wasn't going as hard in the regular season as he did in the playoffs because he was afraid of getting injured?

On a side note, did anyone else notice that he was kind of looking off to the side of the camera on some answers? It made me think maybe his agent or someone was writing the answers for him to read or had already written some down to maximize his value.

There's nothing wrong with that and I'd do it too if I had millions of dollars possibly on the line, but it just caught my eye that he was looking in a different direction some of the time.

(02-24-2022, 04:44 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: I think his agent is really pulling Bate’s strings hard

(02-23-2022, 11:39 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Why do you hate English?

(02-24-2022, 06:12 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: Another stupid response , how is that english? 

(02-24-2022, 07:08 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It wasn't. That's my point.

(02-24-2022, 07:49 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: If you really want to waste a response on sentence structure or whatever english lesson you like to educate with go right ahead as I  will just continue to actually respond to  topic and post.. 

(02-23-2022, 10:14 PM)Housh Wrote: Bruh...ill never understand why ppl hate athletes that act like regualr humans.


Are you seriously mad that hed be upset that he didnt get a long contract? Hes not a bad person for wanting security.

(02-25-2022, 04:34 PM)fortyyearfan Wrote: are you kidding me,any one on planet earth could live like a king on the money he is making now.Most of us live dirt poor and these guys are playing a game and living fat with the best food,medical care and pampered to death.Best homes,top cars  and all the luxuries in the world.They only have to work half of a year.What is not to like about being an NFL player.They make me sick,cry babies.Go live in Urkraine. Try working a real job

(02-25-2022, 04:34 PM)fortyyearfan Wrote: are you kidding me,any one on planet earth could live like a king on the money he is making now.Most of us live dirt poor and these guys are playing a game and living fat with the best food,medical care and pampered to death.Best homes,top cars  and all the luxuries in the world.They only have to work half of a year.What is not to like about being an NFL player.They make me sick,cry babies.Go live in Urkraine. Try working a real job

(02-25-2022, 06:28 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote:

Well let’s see - CTE, debilitating injuries that can affect them for the rest of their lives. Sometimes so severely that they can barely get out of bed, or walk without a cane. Not to mention all the time away from their families - unlike people with “real jobs” that get to go home to theirs every single night.

What an ignorant, and ill-informed post.

(02-25-2022, 06:43 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: There's a middle ground on this one. Athletes don't work half years, it's a full time job year-round with training, but yes, the majority of time spent is during the season and they basically have no life during that time.

Athletes make the big money because they're in the entertainment business. Just like any Hollywood actor, they get some massive paydays because of the money pumped into the system. And just like Hollywood, some actors make bank and some get middling jobs their whole careers, like many players.

And yes, some of these guys end up with lifelong physical ailments that are terrible. And some of them don't. Plenty of miners and manufacturing/physical labor workers have also had physical ailments and diseases after retirement, and did it for many more years than football players and with significantly less compensation.

I guess in the end, they chose this profession. They're in the public eye, they're doing something many dream of doing and can't. I've never liked anyone moaning about their paycheck over beers, and I sure don't want to turn on the tv or my phone and see anyone complaining about making millions, either.

So yes, these guys make the money they do (or are able to) because it's the market. And they do work for it (and suffer for it in plenty of cases). But I also think it's just bad optics for them to complain publicly about what they're making.

(02-25-2022, 06:53 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Wanting the best deal possible doesn’t equal complaining about making millions though. Most of these guys are constantly going on about how blessed they are. But the NFL is one of the most short lived professions in the world. How anyone can begrudge the players for wanting to maximize their paydays while they can is beyond me.

(02-25-2022, 04:34 PM)fortyyearfan Wrote: are you kidding me,any one on planet earth could live like a king on the money he is making now.Most of us live dirt poor and these guys are playing a game and living fat with the best food,medical care and pampered to death.Best homes,top cars  and all the luxuries in the world.They only have to work half of a year.What is not to like about being an NFL player.They make me sick,cry babies.Go live in Urkraine. Try working a real job

(02-23-2022, 06:37 PM)bfine32 Wrote: We should trade him for Quinton Nelson.

(02-23-2022, 06:46 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And Laremy Tunsil. 

Colts get him on odd weeks and the Texans get him on even weeks.

(02-23-2022, 11:04 PM)QueenCity Wrote: It's whatever to me either outcome is fine.

Personally I wouldn't give a huge contract to a safety considering our QB was sacked 70 times but that's just me.

However if the Bengals decided to get rid of Mixon to save salary I would love to sign Bates to whatever he wants.