The Cincinnati Bengals currently sit on a lengthy break before training camp later in the summer.
But that doesn’t mean the Bengals news has fully stopped flowing.
With the Shemar Stewart contract standoff at the top of the list, this has managed to be one of the more interesting quiet parts of the offseason for the Bengals in recent memory.
While Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart hasn’t been practicing with the team and only watching from the sidelines and taking mental reps, it’s pretty clear based on a social media post that he’s still putting in big training work ahead of camp.
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It’s a quiet part of the summer, so speculation started making the rounds that perhaps the Bengals might be open to trading Shemar Stewart. It’s nonsense.
A deeper look at how, because of their actions for decades, the Bengals won’t get the credit they deserve, even in the Trey Hendrickson and Shemar Stewart situations.
While the Shemar Stewart drama makes the headlines, another rookie has been quietly going about his business behind the noise and seems to have locked in a starting gig in the process.
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