Is Shemar holding out?

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(07-23-2025, 06:28 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: How so? The league has a process of holding a draft as their way of teams selecting the best talent available from the year's current talent pool. If a player wants to play in the league, it is customary to honor those traditional conventions and make a deal with the team whom they were selected by. (yes, spare me the "exceptions" arguments, as Shamar Stewart is no can't-miss prospect by any stretch) So, unless some team reaches out to the Bengals with a favorable trade offer for the rights to negotiate with Shemar Stewart, he risks losing those 1st round pick guarantees, entirely.

If a team pulling their offer to a player means they can't play at all that year rather than becoming a free agent, it's admittedly a pretty lame loophole that the NFLPA left open.

If we are sitting there with Joe Burrow already on our team, we have the 1st overall pick, the Steelers have the 2nd overall pick and nobody is willing to trade up with us? We should just take the QB and later withdrawal the offer. We then don't have to pay ~$48m guaranteed to a backup QB, and the Steelers don't get a franchise QB with their one rare shot with a high pick..... But then the best QB in the draft is forced to sit out a year and not play football.