Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick reset the safety market this summer when he signed a four-year deal worth $73.6 million contract and $36 million guaranteed. Cincinnati’s front office set a number they were comfortable spending on Bates and he and his representation aren’t satisfied. The Bengals have several young offensive players who have major contract extensions looming, including quarterback Joe Burrow. We're going to get some guys signed that are critical to the team. "It just doesn't all fit perfectly,” Brown said at the Bengals’ media luncheon. Bengals owner Mike Brown spoke about the contract negotiation process with Bates describing it as a “puzzle” and saying sometimes the team is going to lose players they want to keep. Why the Jessie Bates, the Cincinnati Bengals stopped contract negotiationsīy not being able to agree on a contract extension by the deadline, the Bengals and Bates were required to stop the negotiation process until after the 2022 regular season is over. The Bengals tried again with Bates’ representation and their final offer was reportedly $4 million more than what he would make on the franchise tag, which is $12.9 million, bringing the total to $17 million. NFL teams had until July 15 to sign their franchise tagged players to multiyear contracts. The next important deadline in the process was July 15. In the four postseason games, Bates recorded 20 tackles and two interceptions.įollowing the Super Bowl 56 loss the Los Angeles Rams, Bates spoke publicly about his displeasure to play the 2022 season on the franchise tag if the Bengals were to apply it on him.Īfter not being able to get an extension done in the weeks following, Cincinnati placed the franchise tag on Bates in early March in hopes to give themselves more time to work out a long-term deal and to prevent him from hitting the open market. “I feel like I'm at a better head space now than I was at the beginning of the season,” Bates said in November.īates was arguably Cincinnati’s best player on defense in the playoffs. He admitted, towards the end of the season, the contract extension process impacted his play but caught his stride when it mattered most in the postseason. The 2021 season started slow for Bates from a production standpoint. It's not easy to fit all these in.Bates opted to participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program and all of training camp despite not reaching a long-term deal with his team. And we're going to need room for our quarterback, for our receivers and for some other people who are going to want to get paid at the top level, too. We're trying to get ready for our cap as we go down the line. "Keep in mind that we have a lot going on. Not mentioned in that list is Bates, who appears the odd man out for the Bengals' long-term plans.
3 receiver with two years remaining on his contract. Boyd, 27, is less of a concern as the No. "It's gonna be a real challenge for us."īurrow, Chase and Higgins are all playing on rookie contracts and obvious priorities for the Bengals to sign long-term.
"We're trying to prepare to find a way to keep Joe here, keep Chase here, keep Higgins here and keep Boyd here, for example," Brown continued.
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