On Tuesday, NFL Network correspondent Cameron Wolfe joined The Insiders to break down first-round pick Shemar Stewart’s continuing holdout with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The two sides were unable to reach an agreement before the team broke for summer break, and it appears, if Wolfe is correct, we may not be close to an end.
“Yeah, the Bengals and Shemar Stewart are still at an impasse,” he said Tuesday. “Holdouts are rare but not impossible in this new CBA, and a lot of times they come down to contract language, guarantees, and precedent. I talked to a few people in this situation, and it’s simply like this: the Bengals are trying to create a new precedent with Shemar Stewart, putting language in his contract on voiding for particular off-the-field instances and whatnot that would void the guarantees in this deal.