05-19-2024, 03:11 PM
(05-18-2024, 03:02 PM)jason Wrote: This... I was ok with letting Bates walk because I thought the money was going to Chase, Joe, and Tee and whomever else. But man if there was no intent to lock Higgins up, what the hell? They could've kept Jesse Bates. I can't wrap my head around their vision. I know you can't keep everybody, but you also can't not keep anybody.
Im not sure anyone expected the salary cap to jump up as much as it did which has created more cap room than expected. Hindsight is always 20/20. I would think if the Bengals could go back and redo the situation they would pay Bates the 16 million per year and use that 1st round draft pick on someone else.
