It may not be just one thing that’s keeping Shemar Stewart from signing his rookie deal after all.
On Monday, PFT’s Mike Florio reported on why Stewart is holding out, citing the percentage of compensation in future years to be paid as a training camp roster bonus as the main reason the Cincinnati Bengals have not signed their first-round rookie.
As we understand it, the talks bogged down regarding the percentage of compensation in future years to be paid as a training-camp roster bonus. The training-camp roster 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.