07-16-2022, 08:30 AM
The Bengals are cheap narrative should be dead, 3 years of big free agent signings and there even building a practice bubble. Longterm it doesn’t make sense to pay Bates. The Bengals will pay you for a 2nd contract if they believe your worth it money and position wise. Palmer ,Dalton , Chad Johnson, A.J. Green , Willie Anderson , Whitworth , Atkins, Dunlap , Leon Halll ect. Outside of saving money for Burrow and Chase who will probably to be the highest paid at there position , you got Higgins , Jonah Williams who plays LT which is a more valuable position, Logan Wilson and others.
