Is Shemar holding out?

[Nepa]

This is already hurting both the Bengals and Shemar. He really needs the practice, as he's far from a finished product. And the Bengals really need a DE.

I doubt that the Bengals will give in. This is like going back before the rookie wage scale, when there seemed to be holdouts for the Bengals each year, and they were more than willing to be the one team to draw the line. If Shemar and his agent doesn't see this, and they think the Bengals will give in to an unproven rookie, then I don't think they are very educated on the Bengals MO.