Bengals brass furious at rookie Shemar Stewart's holdout with training camp close: 'I don’t understand'

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While Trey Hendrickson has still yet to be paid, first-round pick Shemar Stewart remains a holdout due to a rookie contract dispute. 

The reason behind Stewart’s holdout revolves around the language within his deal, but Cincinnati Bengals executive Duke Tobin made himself quite clear about how he feels heading into the start of training camp. 

"I think Shemar needs to be here," Tobin told reporters. "I’m not going to blame Shemar. He is listening to the advice he is paying for. I don’t understand or believe or agree with the advice, but I’m not the one paying for it. If I felt we were treating him unfairly as it relates to all the other draft picks in this year’s draft, then maybe it would be a different story. But we are not. I don’t really understand where things are there." 

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The Cincinnati Bengals 2025 draft pick Shemar Stewart. (IMAGN)

Stewart, the 17th overall pick back in April, left the final day of mandatory minicamp, where he wasn’t participating in on-field workouts, due to his rookie contract not being signed. 

The Texas A&M product said that he didn’t want to be a distraction to his teammates while his contract dispute was ongoing. 

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"I’m 100% right," he told reporters at minicamp regarding his contract. "I’m not asking for nothing y’all (the Bengals) have never done before. But in y’all case, y’all just want to win arguments (more) than winning more games."

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