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

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(08-23-2022, 09:25 AM)fredtoast Wrote: How much did the Bengals offer and how much was guaranteed.

This is where the BS began...It was "only $4 million more than the $13 million guaranteed from the Franchise tag.  But it was a 5 year extension.

So, if the Bengals offered Jessie a 5 year deal, and only guaranteed his contract for one year, you can surmise that the total amount to be paid out over the 5 years would have been somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 million over five years.  

I came up with that number based on two of the most recent contracts that the Bengals offered:

Hendrickson 4 years, 60 million, $15 million guaranteed
Reader 4 years, 53 million, $20 million guaranteed

SO, if Bates was guaranteed $17 million (essentially one season plus some signing bonus) and it was a FIVE year extension, you can bet it averaged out around $15 million per year.

Of course, none of the Florio's of the world spent ANY time on that side of things....It was all "Only $4 million more guaranteed than the Franchise Tag.  Such BS.  Bates could have been in the neighborhood of $75 million over the next 5 years but didn't like only $17 million guaranteed on a team that almost always honors their contracts.  Instead, it is "Bengals are cheap, blah, blah, blah...".  

And one point I keep coming back to:  Why does Bates feel he is entitled to not only more money than the likes of Reader, Hendrickson, etc., but a larger guarantee?  He certainly hasn't performed above the level of a Hendrickson or Reader, let alone Chido or Hilton.