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Mathaeu has been an an AllPro player a few times. Hes still very good but his age (30) is a factor on a bigger contract at this point... The good young ones i.e. Bates will be looking for more than he signed for.

Nah man, Saints fans a pretty legit. Most of them are Chase and Burrow fans but they would wear LSU unis, not Bengals.

Yes. Bates is a good player and deserves a fair market wage. He's also never been to the pro bowl. Something like 4 years/65 mil with a 15 mil signing bonus and fully guaranteed year 1 salary of 12.5 mil would be a sweet deal for him and affordable for the team. He'd have the second highest avg safety salary (behind Jamal Adams) and second most fully guaranteed money (behind Justin Simmons). His cap number would be 16.25 mil each year of the deal or about 3.4 mil more than he currently counts on the franchise tag. Bengals currently have about 15 mil in cap space and extending Bates would have freed up the first round pick. Hill will certainly be cheaper than Bates over the next 4 years and might be better. Or Bengals could have simply given Bates the transition tag which only gives them the right to match another team's offer. That would have shown him what his market really is.

Preview... I posted this last season when it was announced that Tee was changing to Number 5. I got three ($$), black for my son, white for lady friend, Lorraine's, son and orange for me being modeled by the aforementioned Lorraine and Lulu the Wonder Cat. Great idea, I thought, but no one got it. One guy asked if it was Tee's Clemson jersey. So if he doesn't get 5... I'm out a few bucks.

One thing you miss not being there at night is last year they programmed the lights around the rim of the stadium to go nuts with a light show of sorts. Fantastic! Even came with a warning about possibly causing seizure problems, etc but it was absolutely awesome... and let's not forget I'm an old school, get off my lawn kind of guy. Props to Pumpkin' Jr for that one, me thinks...

https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/lists/bengals-draft-pick-cam-taylor-britt-scouting-reports/ What scouting reports said about Bengals draft pick Cam Taylor-Britt

David Bell?

https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2022/05/08/bengals-first-rounder-dax-hill-play-outside-corner/ Bengals think first-rounder Dax Hill can play outside corner, too

The transition of course puts you at risk of a team giving you a posin pill

Marvin Lewis?

I didn't quote you, that was Sparky's assertion that he would have given Bates a fair contract.

https://www.cincyjungle.com/2022/5/7/23058442/cam-taylor-britt-impressed-bengals-scout-by-playing-through-horrific-tooth-injury Cam Taylor-Britt impressed Bengals scout by playing through horrific tooth injury “He was in a lot of pain” during the interview process.

as you should

Because he tweeted that before the official announcement. And I posted it before the official announcement.

Well its a huge fan base so I get it.. Doesn't change the fact that they're considered the bottom dwellers in the division this year. And they will be..

The Rapist.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/2022/04/26/john-stofa-quarterback-first-cincinnati-bengals-player-franchise-history-dies-79-original-bengal/7449674001/?utm_source=cincinnati-Daily Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_headline&utm_content=1019EQ-E-NLETTER65 John Stofa, Bengals first quarterback, passes at age 79.

Why would the Saints give up their game vs Burrow and Chase to London? That wouldn't make any sense, they could move a stinker vs Carolina or Atlanta or Cleveland there.