12-03-2021, 03:07 AM
(12-02-2021, 08:52 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I think Bates is still a key part of the team. Kind of like how I view Chase. One reason that TD pass to Higgins was there was because the safety was cheating over to Chase. Like Burrow said: "I'm going to go where the defense tells me". Well, I think PFF doesn't know Bates' assignment or fully understand how rarely he is tested. He has always been a solid tackler (supposedly his big knock coming out of college) and he is so damn smart back there.
He is younger than Burrow!
I think Bates and Spain will be key off-season signings.
Agree, Bates has been playing much better as of late too but I am glad we didn't sign him prior to the season now unlike I
was before the season. Bates will be more affordable with his early season play so we should be able to sign both pretty
easily. These guys are the keys along with bringing Pollack back long term.
