Paul Dehner Jr
Senior Writer at The Athletic
Podcast Host at Hear That Podcast Growlin'
Senior writer and The Growler Podcast host covering the Bengals for @TheAthleticNFL. Once dubbed "the man who set social media on fire." FYI: Day-ner.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Paul Dehner Jr
The vast majority of attention surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals over the past five months has come off the field. Understandable, from massive contracts for Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase to the best defensive player and first-round pick both taking shots at the organization while standing on team turf. That’s before even opening the Pandora’s Box that is the Paycor Stadium lease. All those spicy topics can be tabled for today.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jayna Bardahl |Paul Dehner Jr
With Cincinnati Bengals' first-round pick Shemar Stewart publicly expressing his displeasure with contract negotiations, and then leaving mandatory minicamp on Thursday over his unsigned deal, a rare rookie contract dispute looks to be brewing in Cincinnati. Of course, the Bengals' history in this department is at play - star edge rusher Trey Hendrickson is in a contract extension standoff with the organization, while Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins have resolved prior disputes.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Paul Dehner Jr
CINCINNATI - Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher chuckles a bit to himself as he thinks about the answer. Standing in a hallway off the Bengals' locker room following the latest offseason practice where Joe Burrow distributed passes to seemingly every blade of grass and option available, Pitcher reflected on how this offseason of offensive continuity in Cincinnati could impact the health and happiness of his franchise quarterback.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Paul Dehner Jr
CINCINNATI - The way Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart fired off the line, it sounded like it could have come out of the mouth of any agent in a negotiation, NFL insider sharing information on a call or a Bengals fan sitting at a corner barstool. "I'm 100 percent right," he said, sitting in front of his locker on Tuesday, sounding like he was speaking directly to management. "I'm not asking for nothing y'all have never done before.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Paul Dehner Jr |Dianna Russini
CINCINNATI - The contract extension standoff between Trey Hendrickson and the Bengals will continue. Cincinnati's star edge rusher and reigning NFL sack king is not expected to report to mandatory minicamp as it begins today, league sources tell The Athletic. Hendrickson is subject to $104,768 in fines, per the CBA, for missing the mandatory camp. Trey Hendrickson will not attend Bengals minicamp, per source.
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The most significant problem with the Shemar Stewart situation goes well beyond contract language and waivers. This is about the constant battle between players and the front office. And the #Bengals have long ago lost the benefit of the doubt. https://t.co/nZtwGUXgSH
Shemar Stewart has every right to voice his displeasure with this situation. I get it. My advice would have been to not say anything rather than air grievances today at the team you will be playing for the next four/five years. But, he's also a 21-year-old who never could
And, yeah, that one is not going go away any time soon.
Another key quote from Shemar Stewart. By "y'all" he means the Bengals front office. "I'm 100 percent right. I'm not asking for nothing y'all have never done before. But in y'all case, y'all just want to win arguments (more) than winning more games."
