{"id":669602,"date":"2026-05-28T06:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669602\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:38:08","slug":"shemar-stewart-is-ready-for-a-breakout-season-after-a-lost-rookie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669602\/","title":{"rendered":"Shemar Stewart is ready for a breakout season after a lost rookie season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bengals coach Zac Taylor said earlier this offseason that Shemar Stewart\u2019s development is a \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/shemar-stewarts-development-a-priority-for-the-bengals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">priority<\/a>\u201d for the team. <\/p>\n<p>The Bengals drafted Stewart in the first round in 2205, but his rookie season was marred by missed time, because of a contract dispute, as well as injuries. He had a lingering ankle injury early in the season and a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Week 9.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in eight games with six tackles and a sack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year I would go out there, and I\u2019m saying, \u2018I somewhat know what I need to do, but <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/bengals\/onsi\/more-calm-more-peaceful-and-more-prepared-what-a-difference-a-year-makes-for-bengals-edge-shemar-stewart-01ksjy39jrbn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I\u2019m not 100 percent sure<\/a>,\u2019\u201d Stewart said this week, via Jay Morrison of SI.com. \u201cAnd then I go out there and I overthink. Then I don\u2019t make a play. Then it\u2019s just a whole lot of things because I\u2019m just too up in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has formed a close relationship with defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery, which he thinks will help in his development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I got my first \u2018good job,\u2019 from Jerry,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cThat\u2019s my guy. He never gave up on me. Always held me close even though when I wasn\u2019t performing good, he always stood by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart does not project as a starter for the Bengals with free-agent signee Boye Mafe and Myles Murphy expected to hold those spots. But the Bengals still have big expectations for Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve still got a lot of work to do, but I\u2019m so excited to play with these guys,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cWe got two monsters added to the room, so I can\u2019t wait to see how this year turns out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bengals coach Zac Taylor said earlier this offseason that Shemar Stewart\u2019s development is a \u201cpriority\u201d for the team.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-669602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}