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

[BFritz21]

(08-22-2022, 12:26 AM)J24 Wrote: 1.) Why wouldn't they? If you're the Cowboys why wouldn't trade for a Ball Hawking safety that is perfect for the system you run and same goes for the Jets? Those are just two teams in desperate need for a safety. 

2.) Come again? We have been playing Hill all over the field in pre season. Deep Safety,  split Safety, nickle, and Dime backer. One of the reasons why we drafted him was because of his versatility. Also the Bengals play a lot of e safeties look. Remember the AFC championship game with Flowers, Bates, and Bell playing together.

Also those passing situations are often the most critical plays in the game.

This is flat out false and as been explained to death. He might have gotten the same overall money in a contract but he didn't get the same fully guaranteed money as his peers.

Marcus Williams got 34 million 

Minkah Fitzpatrick got 38 million 

Derwin James got 42 million 

Bates in Comparison was offered 17 million. 

1. Because they know we're not going to pay him long-term what he wants so they'll just wait it out for us to cut him. They especially won't trade for him when he can't sign a long-term deal and would be stuck on the franchise tag. They could franchise him again next year to give them time to work out a long-term deal, but they might be afraid that he'd just half-ass the regular season again.

2. Might be right there but I just think they see that Hill is a playmaker and offers more than Bates because Bates could half-ass it again.

I know the guaranteed money was a problem but the Bengals don't offer much guaranteed money beyond the first year. Bates and his agent picked the wrong team to play chicken with about that.