08-22-2022, 09:54 AM
(08-22-2022, 09:08 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Bates, his agent, and the entire NFLPA know the rules. The rule, in particular, is the Franchise Tag. It was placed on Bates. If he doesn't want to sign it and throw away $13 million, I guess that is his right, but that is not what the agreed upon rules state. And since Tee has the same agent, you can expect what happens with this contract to be repeated next year.
Bates's agent is screwing him out of potentially his next big contract. I will be very surprised if Bates is at all the player we saw late last year after missing this much camp, and possibly more. It is the rules that he can wait, but common sense says he is hoping for a situation with someone like Hill getting injured to force the Bengals hand. It won't work. He will either play on the tag, or he won't play this year and he will have learned nothing from Le'Veon Bell.
So much wrong in this post:
His agent isnt screwing him whatsoever. The Bengals offered below market for Bates and he is avoiding injury at this point.
Common sense does NOT say he is hoping Hill is injured. Even if Hill is injured nothing changes - he cannot negotiate a new contract until AFTER the season. There is no need for leverage, also he has been in contact with Hill.
Bates was the 1st one to every practice last season, both voluntary and mandatory, and he ended up having his shittiest regular season of his career.
He is going to play this season, he and Dax will be fun to watch.
