Stewart is signed!

[wanga]

Well that was seamless.

[BoomerFan]

(7 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Right. So instead of sauabbling for months over 550k, they should have just given it to him earlier, gotten their language in, snd more importantly, had him in for as much preseason stuff as possible. This dude ain't exactly ready to start day 1, he needs work. 

Do we know for a fact they didn't offer that before? Didn't Shemar's agent say this wasn't about money?

I mean it is possible, knowing how the organization rolls that they were that petty. But it seems more likely they would've done that amount but Shemar either wanted far more or was telling them the language was all that mattered. 

Anyways, the best thing that Shemar can do now is get in their and play his heart out. That's how he really wins this situation and gets himself success (including bank and fame) down the road. 

[Millhouse]

Good, about flippin time. Hopefully this standoff helps pave the way for more efficient negotiations of future first rounders going forward.

Now it's time for Stewart to get to work to catch up, and hopefully proves the skeptics (like me) and haters (not me) otherwise. To be fair though, I'm skeptical of all rookies until I see them play on gamedays when it counts, regardless of their college ball, camps, preseason, etc.

[masonbengals fan]

(Yesterday, 08:55 PM)Joelist Wrote: So basically they moved up 500K of his signing bonus and paid up front. About as close to nothing as can be - basically they did it to let Stewart and Hiller save face.

Nailed it.

Glad this is over & looking forward to watching the kid play. We sorely need his contribution to a position of need. 

Now get Trey back in the fold. 

[FormerlyBengalRugby]

Glad Stewart is signed, but irked he was missing out on the opportunity for more reps and building chemistry with the rest of the d-line, especially with Trey being a no show.

We were all dumb at his age, so time to move on.

[PCB Bengal Fan]

(Yesterday, 09:22 PM)TKUHL Wrote: Anyone think the league will try to do something to move away from “guaranteed” contracts. It’s kinda getting out of hand.

They sure as hell don't want to be like MLB, the guaranteed contracts with no salary cap (along with steroids) made me stop watching 20 years ago.

[Sled21]

(11 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Seemingly half the board just spent the last few weeks talking about how Stewart was probably already a criminal just hoping nobody found out and he'd lose his money for what he already did, how he was a cancer and they hoped he never played for us, how he was already a bust, and how "maybe he can go back to college another year and get a 5th sack".....

Now it suddenly hurts Trey? 

Nobody on this team is replacing 17.5 sacks. I don't see Stewart really making any difference in the Trey-sized hole in our defense.

It hurts Trey because now the team is missing 1 DE instead of 2. Not that hard to understand