Arlington Renegades vs. Michigan Panthers Extended Highlights | United Football League 

It's between him and AJ McCarron. I'd argue Bates deserves it, since like Brandon Aubrey before him, he'll be one of the highest paid kickers in the NFL next year.

...And a spot on the Lions' roster.

If the bills where smart, they would sign bates.

not mvp because he missed 2 kicks last week, but still good

Definitely deserves to get an invite to an NFL team's training camp.

I swear u read my mind it’s no way n hell they supposed to be 0-6

It's crazy that a team as good as the renegades goes 0-6. Really just show how good the teams are overall

Remember they were 4-6 last year barely made the playoffs and ended up winning the whole thing

the misery of being a fan in arlington is rooting for the dallas cowboys and arlington just for both to flop 😭

They're the Arizona Cardinals of the UFL

He missed the FG luckily was a penalty on Arlington. Lol

​@@Mike-aka747 I couldn't tell if a defender tipped it or not at first

​@Mike-aka747 12 men on the field helped block it tbh

@@STREAMSONLY-vt6gx I couldn’t tell a but looking at replays that was the case.

@Mike-aka747 yeah Arlington shot themselves in the foot so many times.

Lions will certainly TRY to sign Bates...as will half the teams in the NFL!

Signed for 2 years! Let’s go!

@@LIONSMANIAC Well, hey hey. Looks like they did it.

@@doublea9482 Let the kicker competition begin!!!

@@nw4042 yes sir!

Without all the shenanigans. Like the national Fixed league

lol. from highlights??

Nice! Definitely playing in the NFL next season. He is a game changer. Best teams should be all over him

@@wildwine6400 he's got one of the strongest legs ever

@@wildwine6400would love to see a kick off between him and Brandon Aubrey.

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@@InfinityReptarextremely possible given the Lions have reportedly expressed interest and play Dallas in 24

Master Bates!

Yeah, made 2 64 yard field goals In a row. He has an absolute monster of a leg

Nah this merger sucks bro 8 teams that are still gone, how can you even say this merger was good? Shame on you

I TOTALLY think the merger was necesarry, but they did not have to cut 8 teams. They really could have at least kept Philly, Seattle

@@nickfarmer88 i think they could have kept 12 teams

@@sectorz1019 The teams are gone for now. This merger means spring football has a chance to actually be something. Dividing the players who don't make the NFL between 2 spring leagues would have probably resulted in both dying, you'd have XFL fans and USFL fans, now you have a large amount of both those fanbases combined and no competition. They need to focus on growth and longevity, people will start watching in half a decade if it's still around. Stadiums will start to fill up.

@@TheAustinKendall no they won’t your literary in denial

He doesn't miss indoors. He missed a couple on the road. :(

​@NineballChris tbf it was about 50+ yards out with a slightly wet field and slight winds

He’s a soccer player

Cheating like that helped to turn soccer into a pathetic mess, personally I'd hate to see that happen to this sport too. Even if the kicker doesn't draw a penalty for such obvious cheating, which he should, you can't pin it on the guy trying to block the kick either.

@@darthbader6506 The guy made the penalty, period...

@@barrydavey7188 Yes he did, I agree. But is that something we want football to embrace? I think there is much more to this play than your reply.

He did miss one at the end but Arlington had 12 men on the field

I was at the field. He spent the whole time during halftime practicing 50 yd goals and he nailed every single one!

@@JonAlienAbides He saw the flag and the whistle had blown before it was kicked...

Yup, maybe next week...

"The Great" is better so much better than "The Master".

Yes, too many dropped balls.

And to many penalties by Arlington defense. Unit played a decent game but always found a way to shoot themselves in the foot.

Sal Canella deserves better.

Do you think that Luis Perez has a shot at the nfl next year?

@InfinityReptar as a starter, no, but he would make a solid backup on any team that's smart enough to grab him. (There are some pretty dumb front offices in the NFL right now)

I want to see him try a kick at 70 yards. I think he has the leg for it.

Bates 👍🏻

Bates

2021 Lions squad started 0-6 barely losing all their games and losing heartbreakers to Minnesota and then Baltimore on Justin Tuckers record setting field goal.

Finished 3-13-1

That's mighty presumptuous. They would have had to deal with a healthy Chiefs roster even if they pulled the game in SF off.

Let's just say they probably would have gone to the SB with Bates.

Didn't need to, but good practice...

It's Master Bates!

@@gregorypollard5908 🤣

No he hasn’t. They literally said during his first FG that he hasn’t kicked one since high school

@@ItSaBeastNerd then I’m mistaking him for other kicker that was perfect since the previous leagues.

Bates will more than likely be in the nfl next season

This season.

Needed to get some field goal kicks under his belt. With his boot & consistency, I’ll be suprised if a team doesn’t pick him up this upcoming season

They should just keep one quarterback the whole game that other guy ia not as good compare to perez

I'm a renegades supporter but I agree he deserves a better team than these blokes

Do you think he rather be a starter for a team in the UFL or be a practice squad guy in the NFL? I guess it depends on the player i guess.

@NineballChris I think he'd rather be both. Chances are if he made it to a practice squad he'd compete for his job/maybe lose it at the end of season. We've seen guys last year go to the NFL/Practice squads for the previous season who are now back in spring ball so it wouldn't be impossible.

@@TechGameEras True. Good point :)

No one knew about him until now

As an Arlington fan i agree w you 100%

The great Bill Parcells once said "You are what your record says you are.*

They're not that good.

@@JohnnyJackson746 just make to many mistakes they limit those they’d be a much better team

100% unfortunately no AAA company would make one unless it can be monetised heavily.

Sure do I don’t care if it looks like the Aew video game just make it happen 😂

They could develop a new video game for the #Atari #VCS 800! Now a days. That would be cool.

@@IceCubE4425true but it doesn’t have to be madden it could be like NBA live I think it could be a good out to make some money for the league but maybe it would flop idk 🤷‍♂️

@@TaeKd205could have Axis football make it😂 it would help both companies

That will be a 80 yard kick. They are kicking off at the 20. They do not have the leg to kick it in the endzone. Bates kicks it and lands around the 9 yard line.

@@NineballChris It doesn't have to land in the end zone, only roll and bounce into it. Either that or kick it high enough to give them time to reach the returner.

Against watered down defenses

I hope he gets to try a 70 yarder this year.

He already cashed that ticket with multiple 60+ yd field goals.

He gave Battlehawks their first loss in week 1 with a 64 yard FG for the win. :) I hope he gets to try a 70 yarder this year. St Louis could be 6-0 as well but not for Bates kick.