The Cincinnati Bengals are gathering for training camp this week with notable absences for the second consecutive season. Trey Hendrickson is still away from the team as he battles with the front office over a contract extension. More notable is the absence of Shemar Stewart, the 17th pick in the 2025 NFL draft who still hasn't signed his rookie contract.
On Monday, Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin met with the media to discuss those issues and gave his thoughts on Stewart's holdout. He said the young defensive end needs to be at camp, and used one word to describe what he thought was the team's treatment of Stewart amid a tumultuous situation.
