{"id":8064,"date":"2025-05-26T09:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/not-asking-for-anything-crazy-bengals-rookie-shemar-stewarts-holdout-caused-by-minor-detail-per-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:29:21","slug":"not-asking-for-anything-crazy-bengals-rookie-shemar-stewarts-holdout-caused-by-minor-detail-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/not-asking-for-anything-crazy-bengals-rookie-shemar-stewarts-holdout-caused-by-minor-detail-per-report\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not asking for anything crazy’: Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart’s holdout caused by minor detail, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> found a way to sign both Ja’Marr Chase<\/a> and Tee Higgins<\/a> to lucrative multi-year extensions this offseason, but the franchise is still dealing with multiple contract hold-ins or holdouts. The NFL’s<\/a> reigning sack leader, Trey Hendrickson<\/a>, is famously awaiting more money or a change of scenery, but first-round pick pass rusher\u00a0Shemar Stewart<\/a> has\u00a0not been participating<\/a><\/span> in the Bengals’ offseason program either.<\/p>\n

Why is the No. 17 overall pick skipping all on-field work? Pro Football Talk reports<\/a> that the Bengals and Stewart are haggling over language in his rookie contract related to the potential voiding of future guarantees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cincinnati reportedly wants to include a phrase in the contract that causes a default in the current year to trigger a default in all remaining years. Pro Football Talk also reports that this phrase is not included in the rookie contract signed by offensive tackle Amarius Mims<\/a>, who was the Bengals’ first-round pick last year.<\/p>\n

“I’m not asking for anything crazy,” Stewart told ESPN<\/a> last week. “I’m not even asking for nothing. I just want things to be consistent. I just want consistent language as in the past contracts. I just won’t practice until I get that.”<\/p>\n

Stewart was regarded as one of the top pass rushers in this class. While he recorded just 4.5 sacks during his three seasons at Texas A&M, Stewart registered 65 pressures over the past two years, which was tied for eighth in the SEC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we near June, the Bengals aren’t exactly in an ideal situation with both of their prospective starting defensive ends unhappy with their contracts. Cincinnati’s mandatory minicamp begins on June 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n