Is Shemar holding out?

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(06-11-2025, 12:45 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Stewart will be signed..he will be in summer camp..you clearly dont understand manditory minicamps..players are not even allowed to wear pads..me playing football or you playing football at any level has nothing to do with facts

Well if you don't believe me believe Burrow who spoke on the importance of having his teammates there during the spring unlike last year..... Maybe it's just the messenger. Funny how you change the messenger and suddenly it all make sense when hearing it form someone else. 

QUICK HITS | Joe Burrow Takes Bengals Offense For A Star Trek Spin: 'I Think We're In A Spot That We Haven't Been Before.'

Quote:Bengals Pro Bowl quarterback Joe Burrow met the press standing in socks after Tuesday's first day of mandatory minicamp, and he put his foot down when it came to the good vibes emanating from his 2025 offense.


Why not? The Bengals are on a star trek where they've never been before. Of his five mandatories, this is the first one all four of his top receivers are back and operating at full tilt with him.

"I think we're in a spot that we haven't been before," Burrow said. "Guys coming off a season healthy, getting all of our guys back. It's been weird this offseason not having to really take a new guy that we're counting on under my wing and trying to teach him what I'm looking at, what we want out of each play. That takes a lot of time."

But not this year. There is no new tight end, such as Hayden Hurst or Mike Gesicki. There's no departing starting receiver like Tyler Boyd. There's no franchise tags or hanging extensions.

Gesicki is back after his 65-catch year. So are the league's two highest-paid receivers in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, as well as a blossoming third-year receiver named Andrei Iosivas.

"Signing Mike back was big. Andrei coming back. We have all the guys in the wide receiver room back that we've already had all these discussions," Burrow said. "So now you can take it to the next level and talk a little more in depth about those things and that's just going to continue to make us better."

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