CINCINNATI -- Shemar Stewart smiled as fans shouted his name as he prepared to walk across Central Avenue for his first practice with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Months of tension and heated back-and-forth comments regarding a contract dispute with the team were in the past. Stewart officially signed his rookie contract after three missed practices and an entire offseason in which he had no on-field participation.
As far as Stewart was concerned, there is no hard feelings toward the Bengals given how everything transpired.
"There was never me versus anybody," Stewart said after practice.