Will We Regret Not Re-Signing Bates

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(09-04-2021, 06:09 AM)kevin Wrote: The Franchise Tag would be silly, because it makes Bates one of the highest paid Safeties in NFL, which the Front Office is refusing to pay. So don't be looking for that Franchise Tag.

The entire premise of this thread is built upon this, and it's false. 

The safety franchise tag number was $10.6m in 2021, much less than the $15-17m/yr contracts being thrown at S right now. He will be tagged in 2022. It will probably be the non-exclusive franchise tag, which means he COULD negotiate with other teams, but they'd not only have to give him a contract that the Bengals were unwilling to match, but then they'd also have to give two 1st round picks to the Bengals. So he wouldn't go anywhere.

He will be tagged and he will still be a Bengal in 2022 and 2023.


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