Is Shemar holding out?

[Essex Johnson]

(07-10-2025, 07:47 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The other teams offer greater protections in their rookie waiver than the Bengals do. This has already been covered, Nate.

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Other teams waivers state they'll get the same contract even if they suffer an injury in training camp while not under contract.
The Bengals specifically have the word "disabling" before injury. What does that mean? Who knows, but the Bengals Lawyer FO wanted a higher threshold before the player gets protected in there for a reason.

Other teams also have that the contract "shall be commensurate with their draft slot".
The Bengals do not.

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If you want your draft picks to act like other team's draft picks, then you should treat them like other team do. You don't demand one-sided concessions and lesser-than-standard protections.

the video below seems to explain the issue different than you are unless I am missing something, from the video it says they want change language of default from the year to committed it to the rest of the contract, which would be a first in a Bengals contract but other teams have this types of contracts, im not sure where their source is but they normally have a good sources

https://youtu.be/2Ins9ttnjJ8?si=-jCj-uXvEsmdCYuD