Bengals Related News & Notes

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bengals.com currently has a headline "White Bengal"

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https://www.bengals.com/history/white-bengal

[MeatHeadbengal]

I love the white with black stripes helmet. Can't wait to see it in person.

[Bengals1]

First they use a quote from Chris Collinsworth that's actually an insult to the striped helmet, "When you wear a helmet like that... you either got to put up or shut up" Then they release a video that doesn't actually show the new helmet.

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https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-announ ... 022-season

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this is going to be one badass uni!

[stripesincarolina]

Well to no one's surprise here we are at the deadline with no Bates. We'll know very soon what his real intentions are.

Camp is comin'! Glad this summer is moving along quickly. 7 weeks to go to Week 1!

[Bengals1]

Well to no one's surprise here we are at the deadline with no Bates. We'll know very soon what his real intentions are.

Camp is comin'! Glad this summer is moving along quickly. 7 weeks to go to Week 1!

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
Players who haven’t signed franchise tags are not under contract. So when Jessie Bates and Orlando Brown don’t show for training camp, there are no penalties.


He ain't com'n to camp and while several sports pundits believe he won't sit out the season and lose all that money I'm not so sure. His agent is a first class A-hole and a season long hold out is not out of the question.

[Bengals1]

To the shock of no one except Meat and maybe a late to the party Stripes....

Report: Jessie Bates has no intention to report to training camp or play on franchise tag
Posted by Myles Simmons on July 15, 2022, 2:08 PM EDT


The Bengals and franchise-tagged safety Jessie Bates are not expected to come to a long-term contract agreement before the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Friday, according to multiple reports.

And now he may miss time in training camp and beyond.

Per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, the Bengals’ final offer guaranteed Bates only $4 million more on a five-year contract than the $12.91 million he is slated to make on the one-year franchise tender in 2022.

But Bates has not yet signed his franchise tender. And according to Josina Anderson of CBS Sports, Bates has no intention to report to training camp or play on the franchise tag in 2022.

That would set up Bates for a Le’Veon Bell-type season, where he’d sit out the year and become a free agent in 2023. But as Bell noted this week, that strategy comes with its share of risk.

Bates, 25, has been a critical piece of Cincinnati’s defense since the club selected him in the second round of the 2018 draft. He’s started all 63 games that he’s played, recording 10 interceptions, 35 passes defensed, a pair of forced fumbles, and a pair of fumble recoveries in the regular season.

He also had two interceptions and six passes defensed in the postseason for last year’s AFC Champions.

Cincinnati drafted safety Daxton Hill and defensive back Cam Taylor-Britt in the first two rounds before adding safety Tycen Anderson at No. 166 overall this year.

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I really don’t get it. Pay the man.