In a wild turn of events, the Bengals might not have their first-round pick on the team for the entire 2025 NFL season.

After calling out the Cincinnati Bengals this week amid a contract dispute, 2025 first-round pick Shemar Stewart has removed himself from mandatory minicamp, CBS Sports Jonathan Jones confirms, as the plot thickens between two sides clearly on different pages.

The penny-pinching Cincinnati Bengals have drawn a line in the sand with first-round draft pick Shemar Stewart. Doug Farrar analyzes why it's a potentially disastrous move.