Is Shemar holding out?

[samhain]

(05-30-2025, 07:55 AM)Synric Wrote: So they are trying to put in a "Jermaine Burton Clause". Can't really blame the Bengals for that doesn't change the fact Shemar Stewart needs to sign thr waiver so he can participate in the installs just like Demetrius Knight who also isn't signed along with most of the 2nd round.

I absolutely blame the Bengals for that.  Burton is an outlier of a case by a lot.  The great majority of NFL draftees have a level of maturity above that of a 5th grader.  Burton did not.  Any marginal amount of scouting should have prevented them from taking him.  Most rookies have understood what's at stake in terms of their livelihoods since high school. He didn't.

Blaming the Burton scenario for putting the screws to all future picks doesn't make sense.  It's like putting your hand on a hot burner and then saying you're going to punish someone who's not even in your kitchen the next time you decide to do it.