08-10-2021, 08:36 PM
(08-10-2021, 07:05 PM)Whatever Wrote: If the Bates camp is looking for $14-15 mil APY, there's not a lot of motivation for the Bengals to extend him. I mean, between paying $14-15 mil this year and paying $14-15 mil next year or paying $1 mil this year and $14-15 mil next year on the FT, what are most people really going to do?
But that's not how it works. They wouldn't be paying him 14-15 million this year. He'd being playing on his rookie contract, and the extension would begin next year. The only actual dollars that could be placed on this year would be cap related (frontloading some of the bonus).
The motivation for the Bengals would most likley be tagging him in 2022, which I think is around 11 million right now, vs. paying him top 6 money (14-15 mil).
The question becomes, is it worth saving 3 or 4 million bucks if you risk alienating your best player, and keeping him long-term?
