Medaggie said:
Shemar was used as a pawn. All of this strife, bad pub, not practicing to essentially move 500K up 6 months which amounts to about 15K in interests.
He came across as throwing a fit and still going back on his words. He was steadfast to not have the verbiage that most other teams already had. So the hill he was going to die on was worth about 15K.
He gained essentially nothing and the Bengals still got what they wanted. If 15K was worth going against his word and dragged through the media mud, then yeah I guess he won. He had 19M guaranteed and 10M signing bonus slotted from the beginning which didn't change. In no practical world did he win. He was used as a pawn and should have fired his agent.
https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/cincinnati-bengals-win-staring-contest-with-shemar-stewart-first-round-pick-agrees-to-contract-01k11zbhgyxa
Unless you have the contract in front of you, all of this is pure speculation.
So you're trashing a man who is doing what he feels is best for him.
Bad pub? In a week's time, nobody will care or remember about this contract dispute.
