Bates - No Intentions Reporting to Camp or Play on Tag

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(07-16-2022, 12:14 AM)QueenCity Wrote: Agreed with everything but this line. Gotta go all in this year... Bates assuming he plays will help.


Only argument you could make is travel back in time and get us a 2nd round pick somehow... and hope that pick is ready to go this season. 

I don't personally feel tagging Bates was an all in move.  An all in move would've been using the offer we made to Bates to sign Marcus Williams who can do everything Bates does and is far more consistent.  Then without any glaring needs in the starting lineup going into the draft, trade our first for Mike Gesicki or Dalton Schultz.  Now we're sitting on $13 mil in cap space for a guy that we don't even know will play and don't know what his physical/mental state will be if he does all while creating a distraction for a young team.