{"id":21286,"date":"2025-07-24T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21286\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:50:08","slug":"bengals-shemar-stewart-wasnt-wanted-in-nfl-draft-by-other-teams-for-worry-other-than-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/21286\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals’ Shemar Stewart wasn’t wanted in NFL Draft by other teams, for worry other than contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shemar Stewart’s name has been in the headlines a lot for a guy who hasn’t stepped on an NFL field yet.<\/p>\n

But as the only first-round draft pick yet to sign, the Cincinnati Bengals’ rookie defensive end has been thrown into the public drama.<\/p>\n

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The Bengals took Stewart No. 17 overall out of Texas A&M. He isn’t happy with the current language in the contract he’s being offered, but it seems like Cincinnati isn’t willing to compromise further at this point.<\/p>\n

An interesting subplot: Other NFL teams may have not wanted Stewart in the draft anyway. And it had nothing to do with contract worries.<\/p>\n

“I think it was more that the production didn\u2019t match the talent with Stewart,” SI’s Albert Breer wrote on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Stewart is the classic edge rusher in modern times with lots of tools who somehow didn’t translate that to college dominance.<\/p>\n

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Somehow, Stewart had just 4.5 sacks\u00a0total\u00a0in three seasons for the Aggies. He had 1.5 sacks in 2022, 1.5 sacks in 2023 and 1.5 sacks in 2024.<\/p>\n

That certainly feels like a bit of cause for concern.<\/p>\n

The Bengals and Stewart will, probably, come to terms eventually. Then it’ll be up to Stewart to prove his talent can actually show up in NFL production.<\/p>\n

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