03-07-2022, 07:59 PM
(03-07-2022, 05:19 PM)J24 Wrote: He probably isn't asking for 25 million. I would pay him between 15 and 18 Million dollars.
Also he was a 2nd team all pro in 2020 and a top 10 safety as a rookie. He has shown elite ability his entire career.
He never bitched out management and he handeld himself like a true pro.
As far as consistency goes he was top ten Safety as a rookie, he was a top 12 safety in the second half of 2019, and he was an 2nd team all pro in 2020. I'm confident that the regular season was an outlier for him.
He literally commented several times on the contract throughout the season. You had several players also comment, which on the surface is a really nice gesture, but when you think about it, he has to be talking about it often to have other teammates comment on it. (Think of a kid asking their friend to ask their own parent if they can spend the night). He also commented on how he didn’t play well and was distracted the first half of the year.
He was that in 2020, but not in 2021. He allowed the contract to distract him. I love Bates but he’s not worth breaking the bank for. He definitely doesn’t deserve to be highest paid safety in the NFL.
