07-29-2022, 07:49 AM
(07-28-2022, 09:26 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: No other team is going to offer the kind of money we did, so we're kind of screwed because he likely won't agree to the sign and trade without the other team offering him more.
We could hope that a team makes an offer with incentives in the contract, but I doubt he takes it if guaranteed money was the deal killer with us.
I disagree. While we don’t know the total value of what the team offered, we do know that the guarantee offer was only $17 million. Minkah Fitzpatrick, who is often ranked below Bates received a $17.5 million signing bonus and a $36 million guarantee. There are plenty of teams willing to pay that amount or more for Jessie Bates. The NFL values him more than Bengals fans do.
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