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Shemar Stewart is preaching ABSOLUTE FACTS about the Bengals ownership
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6/11/2025
John Sheeran recaps Shemar Stewarts comments from Tuesday and what they actually mean about Cincinnati Bengals ownership.
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Shamar Stewart said the quiet part out loud about the Bengals and didn't have everyone
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turning heads, but in this video, I'll explain why he was the one who had to say it and where
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things go from here. Hi again, Bengals fans. John Sheeran of A to Z Sports Cincinnati here,
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and gee, you think things could be going a little bit better with Shamar Stewart right now?
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Mandatory minicamp for the Bengals began this Tuesday, and Shamar Stewart, as expected,
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did not participate in the opening practice session, even though he was there,
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unlike Trey Hendrickson. Nothing has necessarily changed here as Stewart is refraining from
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practicing for the first time in his NFL career until he gets that contract signed, and he will
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not sign until the Bengals remove default language within his contract that would make future guarantees
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easier to be voided, thus setting a new precedent for Bengals contracts going forward. And this has
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been going on for over a month, and it does appear that frustration is reaching a maximum for Stewart
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himself. Stewart spent several minutes talking to reporters after practice about what is going on,
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and it's not necessarily the way he was saying things, but the specific things that he was saying
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that does tell how he's feeling at the moment. And one quote in particular really stood out to me
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because I guarantee you there is someone watching this video who feels the same way as Stewart feels
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right now. When asked about his general conviction about why he's taking the stance, Stewart said,
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quote, I'm 100% right. I'm not asking for nothing y'all have never done before, but in y'all case,
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y'all just want to win arguments more than winning more games. I guarantee you there is a Bengals fan
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in your life. Maybe it's you who has said or at least thought of the idea of Bengals ownership in the
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front office caring more about winning negotiations and winning contracts rather than winning games.
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But I have never, not once ever heard a player share that sentiment in the team's own locker room.
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And it's not just a player. It's a player who's not even under contract. He's never played a single
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NFL snap. He's never taken a single practice rep in the NFL. But of course, that makes sense,
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right? If there's anyone who has the freedom to say such a thing, it's of course the guy who's
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technically not even an employee of the team yet. It's just so genuinely funny to me that this guy is
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one of the newest players on the team. He's one of the newest faces in the entire building. He's only been
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here for a month and he's already thinking like a fan of the team over the last 30 years. Because of
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course, the Bengals biggest issue since Mike Brown took over in the early 90s has been the team's
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frugality. And this has only been exposed more over the last three to four years when the Bengals have
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realized that they got to pay all other stars on the team and still build a competent roster. And the
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nickling and dimming of their own players or other teams are finding new ways to institute more cash
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into their operations and finding new ways to manipulate the salary cap. It's just putting the Bengals
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further and further behind the chains. Their lack of financial flexibility and their own
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willingness to change in that regard is only going to get more and more exposed as more and more cash
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gets pumped into this league. And again, Stewart has only been here for a month and this is already
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how his mind thinks. Now, how this all concludes is very simple. Stewart will eventually sign. It may
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not be tomorrow. It may not be next week. It may not be next month. It may not be until right before
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the regular season begins. But he will put pen to paper because in classic Bengals fashion, when they know
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they have the overall leverage advantage in this situation, they are going to utilize it. And the only thing
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that Stewart has left to do is exactly what he did Tuesday afternoon. Paint the Bengals as the
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absolute villain. And of course, there's part of me that definitely agrees with that. And there's
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definitely a lot of you that would agree with that as well. But the Bengals have never actually cared
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once about how they are perceived, no matter how much it actually impacts their ability to win a
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Super Bowl. The thought that actually interests me at this point is what the perception of Shamar Stewart
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is. Like, does this make him more relatable to Bengals fans? Or is his overall defiance something of a
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turnoff while he hasn't actually done anything in his NFL career yet? But I guess that's for you
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guys to decide. So let me know down in the comments below, what do you think about Stewart's quotes
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and how you think this entire situation is going to be resolved? Because believe me, we are still
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weeks, if not months, away from that happening.
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