Is Shemar holding out?

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(7 hours ago)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: So you're saying that the Bengals are NOT offering compensation that is bang smack in the middle of what the 16th and 18th picks signed for due to signing bonus structure. If that's the case, they are being unreasonable. They should keep the clause if the picks immediately prior and after Stewart signed with it, but I wouldn't blame Stewart's camp for asking for fair market value with fair market payout structure. To me that's the average of what the 16th and 18th picks this year received. Average out the signing bonus percentages of those two contracts. Even Steven.

It's not even just about %, but about WHEN that money comes to them.

So just using numbers picked for ease of conversation... even if pick 16, 17, and 18 all have 70% of their contract as a signing bonus... if 16 and 18 get 4/5 of that 70% within 3 days of signing and then the other 1/5 Week 1 of the regular season, they are getting more money/a better deal than if 17 gets 1/2 of that 70% within 3 days of signing and then the other 1/2 on December 31st.