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Nah. He could have and should have been on the field. 2nd round pick was and doesn't have a contract. Then he's holding a "fight" over what is now reported as common in the NFL and the picks before and after have it. That's a complete 180 from how it was described. His team probably lost points with the local guys because they ran with his story and now they look stupid as well. Negative fans, sports fans in general are easily trolled.

I agree with this. Hoping changes make the difference.

The kicker always take the hit for misses. New holder, snapper etc can play a big role. Overall that apart of the game was apart of costing them playoffs unfortunately. Still say defense and OL were the top factors but missed FGs or maybe some opportunities they didn't take cost them as well.

I think Adomitis was bad last year, and that might have been the biggest issue.

Changes at holder, long snapper, too. May have a new snapper this year. But yeah, needs to get sorted. Still plenty of time.

McPherson really needs to have a bounce back season this year. I think there was an injury concern last year, but I could be wrong. Thought I read that somewhere.

Shrug. Bengals picked the fight. I have no doubt Stewart will eventually sign, but for now we are where we are. Anyhow, in actual news, Taylor says the starters may get reps in more than one preseason game, which hasn’t happened since 2019. I approve, even given the injury risk. McPherson 1 for 3 on 50+ tries today.

This most likely comes from the Bengals as his source. No reason why Shemar couldn't enjoy Zac's mini camp just like the 2nd round pick that also isn't signed. Shemar has dug in over a common practice. Great. Makes me wonder if Shemar has something in his past that isn't publically known. I hope not. What a horrible job of representing this player. Might as well advise Andre Smith to run a 40 yard dash without his shirt on.

Golden is very good with the media. You can tell he's a former HC. I don't think he'll be with the Bengals very long.

I'm good. Moving on. I'm really interested in seeing this defense and what Golden does with the scheme. I don't usually hit up training camp practices, but might do that this season.

2nd round pick is unsigned and was on the field. His contract negotiations are not in the media because he chose to be on the field. Shemar's camp chose a different path then went public with it. His dad has been on the radio and Shemar called out the front office earlier in the week. The guy has gotten bad advice or simply isn't making good choices. Sure taking shots at the front office will get immediate positive reaction from a segment of the fanbase. Then reality sets. He still is a draft pick the majority of Bengal world hated at the time. A lot of the national NFL ridiculed him at the time despite mock drafts having him as a solid first rounder. Just dumb to be acting the way he is. He could have been on the field and simultaneously fought any clause he wanted to and put nothing at risk. What happens if/when he pulls a hammy, gets off to a slow start or whatever after making such a fuss? The segment of the fan base that cheered him when he took his shot at the front office will flip on his ass so fast. Once the emotion from the negative portion of the fan base wears off and it always does because those fans aren't objective. I hope he gets off to a hot start. I'd hate to be him if he has 0 sacks entering week 3. Its somewhat sad he's being used by an agent and the media that need clicks to pander to a negative sports fan.

I agree the whole Stewart things is stupid and he should sign, I don’t really know what was said in the contract, but seriously they should be able to figure this out. I didn’t really like this pick to begin with, but can’t take it back now so just figure this crap out and sign

Same logic applies to him. He sat out when he could have played. He has put his career on hold in favor trying to win a contract dispute. Its NFL business. If you are annoyed by it quit reading/listening to outlets that are trolling you.

My gosh this front office still is a joke. Regardless of who’s right and who’s wrong, he is not lying when he says they are more interested in winning arguments than winning games. It’s so annoying at this point, his contract should not be that hard holy crap. As far as Trey goes, just pay him they have the money, why make this so difficult, if they want to win then they should be serious enough to pay the guy. Ugh so frustrating again

This is in an example: The below suggest Chase could have taken $3.8m in the form of salary. Meaning he earns it game by game. His agent got him a roster bonus instead. I'm guessing the appeal is he gets his money in August vs. waiting and risking it being cut sometime before 17 games was up. Crazy to think about that now but at the time he's a draft pick and who knew what his career could have been? If you apply that to Myles Murphy. I don't know what his payment structure is. But for his sake I hope its roster bonus because he could find himself on the outside looking in because he has under performed. But the action of turning the payment in roster bonus caused the offset language or clause. Take it as salary the need for the clause becomes void because wouldn't earn it without being rostered. I think the agent isn't wrong. But neither are the Bengals. I think the further it goes I think the agent is doing a disservice to his client. However, I think the over effects of losing May, June or even July practices is exaggerated. Just NFL business.

I think you need to read that article. You've been misled or trolled by the media that has been pushing the agents view. 1. Shemar could have practiced. Not required to but there was nothing contractual from stopping him. It 100% wrong to try to spin that as a contract dispute. His team chose to make that statement. 2. Offset clauses are and have been common practice league wide. The agent is playing semantics describing it as new. I guess the wording might have never been used but they clearly have signed rookies with protection clauses. See the Chase example above. I don't know for sure but I would guess the Bengals would be completely agreeable to the most conservative payment structure allowed with minimal additional language. The player wouldn't. As they hammer out the payment structure clauses get inserted to protect the team. Does the guy want to play NFL football or not?

Dude, chill out. This isn't an argument. I'm not trying to "win" anything here. Just discussing. Let me go through this. 1. What other players do has no bearing on Stewart. If they choose to take the risk, that's on them. Stewart isn't required to do so. Couple that with he's the only one (to this point) that is having this specific issue, which the BENGALS created. 2. Could a clause like that be necessary? Sure, but to what end? They want the ability to not pay out guarantees IF Stewart jacks something up. They want to extend that through the life of contract, as opposed to just the guarantees for the year he jacked up whatever he did. I can see that being a tool a team could want to use. HOWEVER AND AGAIN, we aren't talking about a $30m per year payout. This is LESS than $5m per season. They are going to get Stewart for 4 years for LESS than they are offering Trey for a single season. Why all the fuss over pocket change? It is pocket change as well. Even if it's multiple years, at $5m per, that's nothing in the NFL contract world. God knows the Bengals have pissed away far more than that in the past. 3. Of course players have been taken off the field by the league office, but what in the world has Stewart done which makes this sucj a foregone conclusion that they just have to get back their $5 million? Does he have a history or some criminal activity? Has he been banging 15 year olds? What is causing them to be sooooo concerned about him? If the answer is predicated on productivity on the field, then they shouldn't have drafted him. 4. I would be interested to see the exact language of the clause, but all we have is what has been reported. If teams want to include them, fine, but I suspect until that becomes a staple across the league players are going to push back. If any of us were in his position, we would probably be like, "Why are you doing this to me, when you have NEVER done this to any player before?". Fair is fair right? So unless there is some reason fans haven't been told about Stewart's background that hasn't been shared (like him liking little boys with big ears and no teeth). I still call BS. Not because there isn't a potential use for a clause of that nature. Communication is key and it sounds like the Bengals haven't done that very well. But then again, it's not like that's a strong suit of theirs.

Myles Murphy gave up his captain crunch. He don't give no fucks about Shemar's reporting date. Shemar was always walking into a battle for snaps any first round DL was with this roster. The time he missed is easily replaced at this point. If the hold out is used as some kind of excuse then probably was never the player they thought. Myles Murphy going into year 3. Always looked out of shape. Boom cuts out cereal. Maybe that's the magic pill. Maybe Shemar shows up and is the freak we hoped and sends Murphy on his way. There's just a bunch of guys in Shemar's way working with their NFL lives on the line. A former 5 star, SEC player knows the drill of camp competition and would easily figure out a way to supplement missed camp time. Bloggers/Reporters are good at words but don't recognize that dynamic because they are good a words not running thus its about feelings. Probably played no cut sports up until middle school if they played at all.

Al seems pretty confident he's got talent to work with. But that could be his personality and persona when talking to the media. Very upbeat in his last interview. How that plays out on the field is anybody's guess at this point.

I wouldn't be too worried about pass rushers. You can miss some time in camp and still hit the ground running as a pass rusher. I understand your general point tho

Offset language concerning guarantee money has been a reality the whole time under the rookie slotting system. I believe this is pointing out Chase got a payment sooner based on being on the roster vs. earning it over the 17 weeks of the season in the form of salary. The offset language was he couldn't hold out. I believe the hot take generators troll negative fans with this kinda of stuff. If fans feel the need to take sides. I'd suggest reading the below and probably realize they aren't getting the whole picture. Informative article below https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-2025-nfl-rookie-contract-projections-for-key-round-1-picks-with-wage-scale-explainer/

The morning camps are a welcome change, IMO. I'll try to make one. A lot cooler.

I wonder if the Colts ever got involved with Pratt? Pratt had some great moments in the stripes.

Other rookies participated in voluntaries without contracts on the wavier. He refused. Thus any reps he missed is his fault, period. Of course you aren't going to acknowledge the reason this clause could be necessary. But those are the reasons why these type of things are popping up and have been for a while. I think the Bengals are completely justified in asking/demanding those clauses be included. Any team is, IMO. If you aren't going to acknowledge players have been taken off the field by the league office for things that don't even deal with criminal charges then maybe you are biased. So that's the defense you asked for. There have been actual missed training camp time under the rookie slotted system because of wording dealing with recovery of guarantees. So I don't think teams see it as relative pocket change. I don't think its accurate to paint this as a Bengal issue and no other team attempts to do this. They have.

That's a somewhat surprising landing spot for Pratt. Good luck to him.