Block Out Bates Contract For Free

The Falcons are signing the former Bengals safety to a four-year, $64.02 million deal that includes $23 million in the first year of the contract, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported, per sources.

The Atlanta Falcons didn't wait long to make a splash this spring by signing Jessie Bates III, the top safety in free agency, to a four-year $64 million deal with $36 million guaranteed.

The deal, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, is for four years and $64.02 million, including $23 million in the first year and $36 million over the first two years overall. It makes Bates the fourth highest paid safety in NFL history.

The $17 million per year lines up with what league sources have told All Bengals about Bates' asking price. He wants a contract similar to the four-year, $74 million deal Minkah Fitzpatrick received last season. For more on the Bengals, watch the video below and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

That would have brought the total of guaranteed money the Bengals offered Bates to roughly $17 million. Bates declined the offer and sat out training camp before reporting to the team in the final week of the preseason.

That would have brought the total of guaranteed money the Bengals offered Bates to roughly $17 million.

Jessie Bates III signed a 4 year, $64,020,000 contract with the Atlanta Falcons, including a $18,000,000 signing bonus, $36,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $16,005,000.

The Atlanta Falcons are signing former Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates to a four-year contract worth $64 million.

The 149th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft has a contract that is valued at almost four million dollars with the Bengals, coming it at precisely 3,823,176 dollars. Of that, 343,716 dollars is fully guaranteed. In 2021 McPherson earned 1,003,716 dollars, and is set to take home 825,000 dollars in 2022.

Head coach Marvin Lewis named Bates the starting free safety to start the regular season, alongside strong safety Shawn Williams and cornerbacks William Jackson III and Dre Kirkpatrick.