The Cincinnati Bengals have gone through OTAs and mandatory minicamp without two key contributors on defense — Trey Hendrickson and rookie Shemar Stewart, both edge rushers on a team that, outside of Hendrickson, struggles at rushing the passer.
In a conference with the best quarterbacks in the league and coming off a 9-8 season in which the defense held Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase out of the playoffs, the Bengals have allowed themselves to be in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
NFL Network insider Tom Pellisero joined the Rich Eisen show to break down exactly what has kept the team and Stewart from being able to come to an agreement.