theJ Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 5:13 PM, otg said: Jesse Bates will be a free agent, will we be able to resign him? Also, they better. Or it's a miserable failing of the FO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 I will be highly shocked if Bates isn't extended before the season starts. Bates even seems to want to be here long term and be a leader on this defense. If by some chance he isn't extended, then he is 100% getting franchise tagged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Yeah, Bates isn't going anywhere. He plays at a high level and deserves top safety money. And the team has the cap space and not a lot of star power on defense. Bates will get his 15 mil apy deal. Question is what they give Hubbard. He's probably a 9-10 mil apy guy but might want more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 15 hours ago, sparky151 said: Yeah, Bates isn't going anywhere. He plays at a high level and deserves top safety money. And the team has the cap space and not a lot of star power on defense. Bates will get his 15 mil apy deal. Question is what they give Hubbard. He's probably a 9-10 mil apy guy but might want more. Honestly not sure if they'll budge there. He's a coach favorite, but we have Hendrickson, Ossai, Sample, and Kareem all likely here this year and next. Injuries slowed him up quite a bit last year after a good first two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 ESPN rated Hubbard as the best run defending 4-3 DE in the league last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Bates will get extended the Tuesday before the preseason finale. They always got done after the second or third preseason game, but now there isn't wiggle room to keep the Bengal Way. Hubbard will come down to price. They have enough cap space right now to do both and front load the deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who-dey Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Anyone else impressed with their social media this year? I feel like I’m all jacked up on Mountain Dew every time I see an updated video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who-dey Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 A lot of good news out of training camp this year. Defense seems to be ahead of the offense which is good news for our Secondary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Hopefully Burrow is confident in his knee and Oline. He can’t play scared or he will get hurt again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Who-dey said: A lot of good news out of training camp this year. Defense seems to be ahead of the offense which is good news for our Secondary. Defenses are always ahead of offenses early in camp (like in spring training when pitchers are way ahead of hitters). The oline has been rather leaky, to put it mildly. Hopefully that improves with pads coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 I take nothing training camp to heart anymore. I'll start making some judgements when we see how they look in the first preseason game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carson4MVP Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Anyone know a good site to see how the rookie OL is doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Did the forum contract COVID? We all seem to be quarantined on here. Oh, and I think Mike Brown understands that it might be cheaper to tag Bates twice than to reset the safety market with him. The smart thing to do would be to front load the bonus money and large first and second year payout on an average of $15m per, so that most of it is is paid by the time they have to start paying the offense (Higgins, Jonah, Burrow, Chase, in that order) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Ossai out for the year… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky151 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Yeah, how did Ossai's wrist injury turn into knee surgery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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