Why the **** is Jessie Bates not signed yet?

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(04-18-2022, 06:05 PM)Housh Wrote: If Jamal Adams got 4 years 70 million 38 guaranteed Bates is probably around 4 years 60 mill with 30 guaranteed. I honestly wanna say 2 years 30 million is my sweet spot for him because it allows him to get another huge deal if he plays well but if i were him i wouldn’t want a 2 year deal.

Yeah, Adams deal was kind of an outlier, and I haven't broken down the top safety contracts for a while, but I believe the Bengals are said to have offered him a four-year deal that is an average of the top 5 safeties, but the guaranteed dollars don't extend beyond the first year and the signing bonus.  Hard for me to quantify what that is exactly, but I know this:  It is almost double what Awuzie, Apple, Bell, or Hilton make....and I just don't know if I agree with that, but the Bengals have reportedly offered a solid number but without the 80% guaranteed that his agent is demanding.

I truly hope this can work out in the long term for both Jesse and the Bengals, but I think the ego of this agent will prevent it.  

Bates could end up getting the tag AGAIN next year, so I hope his agent has explained that scenario.  The Bengals hold all the cards, and if they offered him something in the neighborhood of $15-16 million per year over 4 years and the sticking point is that he wants to be the ONLY Bengal with 80% of it guaranteed, then I think he is not being a good agent, but an ego-driven guy only looking for status for himself to gain more clients.