NFL promoting Jessie Bates

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(03-05-2021, 03:40 PM)Au165 Wrote: It used to happen when we had elite players. Bates is an elite player so it's good to see again.

He was just like a flash of light because he was so fast on that last play where he was blitzing Dalton!

(03-05-2021, 06:47 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: One player I was right about before we drafted him. Wanted him in almost every one of my mocks. Great for us to
have drafted him and him to not only live up to, but exceed my expectations. Jessie has great instincts, range and
is a ballhawk, when he is tackling well Bates is as good as any Safety in the league.

Ocho is right, we are gonna have to pay him big, but in my opinion Bates is worth it.

He's great because he's a mixture between the historic safeties that played in the box and laid the wood and the pass-defending safeties, which is perfect for the new pass-first league because he can make the hits to knock the ball loose/hit an rb/cover or hit a tight end/receiver that comes across the middle or, like you said, he's a ball hawk!  He's a playmaker that we've needed at safety!  

I think that him at safety and Alexander at corner (assuming he resigns here) will make a hell of a pair in our defensive backfield!