Is Shemar holding out?

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(06-11-2025, 06:36 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I think we may need to pump the breaks on Stewart then.

Ossai didn't choose to re-sign to serve as a backup or play in a limited role only. Not to mention Bengals aren't going to pay someone $8 mill to be a specialized role player either.


I fully expect Hendrickson to continue his 70% or more of defensive snaps like last year.
Ossai played 51% of the defensive snaps last year, and I expect him to be used at least that much this year, if not >60%.
My guess is it's primarily Hendrickson and Ossai getting the bulk of the reps and MM and SS serving in rotational/situational roles on limited snaps (300-400 snaps each).
They'll also find probably ~200-300 snaps ish for guys like Cam Sample and Ced Johnson.

We need to pump the breaks a bit with Stewart as with any rookie. Ossai will get the majority of the snaps as he should, especially pass 
rushing snaps. But Stewart should get a lot of early down snaps being our 1st round pick that is good at sealing the edge and as we all 
know teams also like to pass on early downs too so he could get quite a few sacks with his athleticism if he can just learn to wrap up the
Quarterback.

Expecting a lot of TFL in the run game for Shemar Stewart at the very least as a rookie. He will help, big time.