Is Shemar holding out?

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(07-04-2025, 05:41 PM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: He was just a bad pick. And if he’s so concerned about a morality clause that he’s willing to jeopardize millions and a year of his already limited NFL shelf life, he’s telling you who he is. Believe him.

Wow, the Bengals FO/Hobspin really won that PR war there by making people falsely believe and then repeat that this was just about off-field legal troubles, huh?

It's not a morality clause. It's a "we want to be able to not pay you the money you were guaranteed if we don't want to" clause. Saying something deemed unflattering to the franchise in a postgame interview? Can wipe out 4 years of guarantees. Get suspended a game because a WR on a screen ducked while you were trying to tackle them at the waist? Can wipe out 4 years of guarantees. Get injured working out in a private gym in the offseason? Can wipe out 4 years of guarantees.

And the Bengals don't want to give up anything in return for accepting that when no other Bengals 1st rounder under the rookie wage scale (the 15 previous guys) has had to sign away all their guarantees before.