02-15-2022, 10:09 PM
(02-15-2022, 09:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: At times he's Earl Thomas. For large chunks of the season he's average at best. I think people are scared to overpay and get the average Bates.
But yes...when he's on...he's the best ballhawk in the game and I'd love to keep him.
He does miss tackles too sometimes and did miss one on Kupp.
But, we need offensive lineman more. Maybe we waive Wayne's and give Bates that money.
We need him and the offensive line. It's not a one or the other situation. If it wasn't for the defenses performance this post season we don't make the Super Bowl.
Trading away the Defense for a good Offensive line won't win us anything either. Both need to be priorities.
Bates was a top 10 Safety as a rookie, struggled a bit in 2019 then returned to form during the last half of the season, #1 safety in 2020, and had a bad season this regular season but then again performed like a superstar in the post season. Dude has proved his worth pay the man!
