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USAT: Bengals Wire

Mar 5, 2022

- - - Not that it should come as much of a shocker, but it indeed sounds like the Cincinnati Bengals and star safety Jessie Bates will have to settle on the franchise tag for now. - Teams have until March 8 to apply the franchise tag to players, so time continues to run out for the two sides. - Saturday, USA Today’s Tyler Dragon reported that the Bengals are “likely” to use the franchise tag on Bates while they continue to work on a long-term extension. - That’s been the expectation for a little while now with the tag deadline looming. Had the two sides been closer, there wouldn’t be any point in delaying a signing of an extension. - A franchise tag for a safety would check in at roughly $13.5 million on a one-year deal. The Bengals have roughly $49 million in free cap as of this writing. - Barring a last-second agreement on something long-term, the Bengals aren’t going to let Bates test the free-agent market and will apply the tag. - What will do with Jessie Bates this offseason? - Powered By PickUp - - List - - Bengals meetings with offensive linemen at scouting combine tracker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Bengals Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Bengals Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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