Shemar Stewart LEAVES Bengals Facilities: Why Contract Talks Stalled | Minicamp Recap

Shemar Stewart LEAVES Bengals Facilities: Why Contract Talks Stalled | Minicamp Recap

jamar Stewart left mini camp early and much much more following a busy three days at Payor Stadium Right now on Cincinnati Bengals Talk [Music] Hi again everyone and welcome in to CBT I’m James of Benglesalk.com Hit that subscribe button ring the bell and make sure you check us out wherever you get your podcast That’s Amazon that is Spotify that is obviously Apple podcast as well And let’s dive into the news of camp Certainly the news of the day Shamar Stewart left camp and left on Wednesday a day early after practice And that was pretty noteworthy for a bunch of reasons One obviously his contract situation is what it is The back and forth with the Bengals We heard from him earlier this week He is not happy with what uh the Bengals are offering him I’ll get more on that and share more on that in just a minute here uh as far as the the contractual side of it But Zach Taylor talked right here today shared some thoughts uh on on Shamar We posted them not a ton supporting Shamar but also could only say so much because obviously the front office is negotiating The front office is trying to essentially put in a clause that they haven’t put in in the past that a lot of teams use And that’s been a question that a lot of people have asked And so basically what this clause is is in in in every team does this but it’s the when I I talked to multiple agents about this and no not Shamar’s agent to get an idea of what was going on And and so basically what it is is this clause Let’s say Shamar got suspended for one game because he took off his helmet and threw it into the stands or something right get suspended for one game or there’s a peed suspension or anything like that Well all of his guaranteed money on his rookie deal could void Doesn’t mean he’s cut It doesn’t mean he doesn’t get paid but that guaranteed money voids So Jameson Williams is a good example He was suspended a few years ago first round pick Well his guaranteed money voided for the Lions That doesn’t mean he didn’t see the length of that contract He is They’re in extension talks By the time you see this they may sign him to an extension So that’s step one The Bengals haven’t done this in the past where all of that money all of that guaranteed money would void in that scenario They’re trying to do it They’re trying to set that precedent Fine So Shamar saying “I don’t want to be the first guy to do it You didn’t make Amarius do it I don’t want to do it.” Fine But the difference is when the Eagles do it or some of these other teams do it is they sweeten the deal a little bit for for the player And what the Bengals could do is let’s say and and all the money is guaranteed for rookies uh or for first round picks They could go to Shamar and say instead of giving you 50% of your signing bonus at the time of signing let’s give you 75% of your signing bonus at the time of signing And yeah that’s going to be paid regardless but gets it to him faster and says “Hey we get it we understand that you you’re you’re doing this for us so we’ll do this for you or we’ll give you all of your signing bonus up front right away That would be a way to kind of bridge the gap make it sweet for for Shamar on the the same side set your president pre president that you want to set that I do think is fair The reason that it’s so frustrating though is because this is a a whole distraction and I know it’s a distraction and I just got out of the Bengals locker room and guys are talking about it Guys like man what is going on now I will say uh there are also guys in the locker room that didn’t realize that Shamar left because he hasn’t participated And you know you can guess who would and who wouldn’t depending on meeting rooms and things like that But he he left after Wednesday’s session according to Shaft I get it I I I get the frustration and by by I get it I get your frustration because I think this is going to be a topic I think this could certainly go into training camp and that’s why I mentioned that sweetener that all right get the money to him faster on the signing bonus to maybe get this thing done and getting this done before training camp starts has to be high on the priority list other training or other mini camp notes not training camp yet we got some weeks before uh other mini camp notes Joe Burrow I talked to multiple veterans just raving about Joe Burrow’s ball placement about the throws he’s making and attempting and I thought that was interesting that in the past Joe hasn’t necessarily attempted as many uh of these thread the needle throws this time of the year It’s more of a a training camp thing Well he did that throughout mini camp And so I thought that that was really interesting I thought that um just watching him is awesome Goes without saying talk to a veteran who’s really bullish on Dylan Fairchild And I think that that’s obviously someone that a lot of people are following a lot of people are thinking about and they’re going to likely start him at left guard And so for for guys that have worked with him to say “Yeah man he’s he’s working out He’s getting a lot of valuable reps One thing that the Bengals are doing is a lot of one-on- ons offensive line versus defensive line.” And that’s that’s different That’s new this year Jerry Montgomery and Scott Peters implemented that I think you will enjoy that uh from a a knowledge standpoint and I’m also excited for training camp because that means more one-on- ones and what’s better than one-on- ones and in this offense you have to one-on-one block Defensively we already talked about Shamaratan talked about Trey I I I think that that’s going to be the elephant in the room that’s going to hang over everything Daxel progressing well That that’s another one that I think you look at Dax you look at what he’s he can be and you look at how Al Golden’s moved these defensive backs all around Cam Taylor Brit nickel Cam Taylor Brit playing safety a little bit and no he’s not going to move to safety but can align in a bunch of different spots and I think that’s what they’re doing is they’re experimenting to see what this secondary can do So overall I I I like that I think Al Golden is certainly buttoned up We posted the video yesterday carries himself like a head coach Obviously he’s been a head coach at the collegiate level I I like a lot about what he’s doing from a technique standpoint as well I talked about the one-on-one blocking offensive line defensive line uh or the one-on-one matchups On defense a big stressor has just been tackling Shocker Something the Bengals really struggled with last year tackling And so if you can clean that up I think that would go a long way Overall I think it was a successful mini camp for those that were here that were present and participating But the drama continues We’re going to have plenty on all things Bengals I talked with Andre Yosvage oneonone That interview will come soon some point next week And uh we have a lot coming your way So yeah mini camp in the books Plenty of Bengals coverage coming your way Make sure you hit that subscribe button hit follow wherever you get your podcasts And until next time for Andrew Fox Miller I’m James Rupine signing off as mini camp is in the books right here on Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart left minicamp early. The rookie remains unsigned. James Rapien reacted to the news, explained what’s going on with Stewart and the team, plus he recapped minicamp with thoughts on Joe Burrow, the offensive line and more!

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