Here's why the Bengals' top two 2025 NFL Draft picks sat out during the team's rookie minicamp
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Here's why the Bengals' top two 2025 NFL Draft picks sat out during the team's rookie minicampShemar Stewart and Demetrius Knight Jr. spent Friday's practice on the sidelines
Source: CBS Sports
Monday, May 12, 2025
Bengals' offer to Shemar Stewart was lacking as to training camp roster bonusesThe percentage fell short of the 17th pick in 2024.
Source: ProFootballTalk.com
Monday, May 12, 2025
Bengals' offer to Shemar Stewart was lacking as to training camp roster bonusesThe percentage fell short of the 17th pick in 2024.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Monday, May 12, 2025
NBC Sports' ProFootballTalk reports that the Bengals' contract talks with No. 17 overall pick EDGE Shemar Stewart stalled because of the team's training camp bonus offer.All Round 1 rookie contract values are predetermined by the rookie wage scale. They are also fully guaranteed. Per Mike Florio, the contract's training camp bonus "has become a device for putting a sizable chunk of the player's pay in his pockets in future years, early in the season," and the Bengals reportedly offered Stewart "a lower percentage than the 17th overall pick received in 2024." It's an embarrassing revelation. Rookie contract values increase each year, and the training camp bonus rate ostensibly should as well. After all, the deal is fully guaranteed anyway. Stewart has thus far refused to participate in the Bengals' rookie minicamp and is apparently unlikely to change his mind until the Bengals at least give him the equivalent 2024 rate.
Source: NBC Sports
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Bengals' top pick Shemar Stewart skips camp drills, awaiting dealStewart and Demetrius Knight, a second-rounder, watched drills Friday without signed contracts.
Source: ESPN
Saturday, May 10, 2025