PFF Ranks Cincy's Defense top 10.

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(10-16-2020, 10:19 PM)Synric Wrote: So you're saying you want to tell Jessie Bates we want to pay you the least we can possibly can for two years and let you hit free agency?

Or do you tell the Best Player on your defense that is still very young we want to pay you a year early to keep you in stripes for the entire prime of your career?

I'd go with B.

How about C?

You tell Jessie Bates that you are going to take the path that puts the most talent around him to give him the experience of his first NFL winning season and hopefully a postseason run.

That is over $7-8m/yr over those two years that you can put towards FA OL instead.

He can either force the issue, get paid, and be a loser... Or he can still make generational money (roughly $13m over two years), get on board as a team player, and be a winner. 

If he still wants A, then maybe he isn't the type of guy you want around long term anyway.