Dysfunction at it's finest

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(Yesterday, 03:36 PM)Nately120 Wrote: He's almost 22. That's old enough to storm the beaches of Normandy and write the song "Yesterday."  The guy is being a pain in the ass, but he has the freedom and security to do so. I realize it's frustrating, but acting like he's some kid who doesn't know what he's doing or he's helplessly falling under the sway of a sneaky agent just makes it seem like we're looking for some sort of faceless, non-Bengals related villain (as in not the guy we drafted and not the team we root for) to blame this on.

Add in that Trey is like 40 years old and he's also being duped by a sneaky agent and this whole thing is extra pointless.

Stewart definitely knows what he's doing.

College athletes are less likely to "bend the knee" to the NFL now that they can get paid millions in college.
Stewart 100% got paid $1+ mill already being in the NFL, so he isn't so cash-dependent to need to just take what the Bengals offer.

This 100% though is all about money and risk of losing money.
It may ultimately be around the vagueness of what constitutes the voiding of any guarantees, and his camp may be arguing for more specificity or removal or certain conditions in that voided guarantees wording before signing.

I don't recall any reports of Stewart being a troublemaker, nor do I remember him having on-field problems like Burfict did coming out of college, so it really could come down to worry of having something taken away for an action that doesn't seem to justify a void.