NFL fans blast Bengals rookie Shemar Stewart over controversial act in his first week with the team

NFL fans person blasted Cincinnati Bengals rookie dynamo Shemar Stewart for not participating successful immoderate on-field enactment until his declaration is finalized. 

Even with the emblematic wounded waivers for rookies, which helps plentifulness of others get connected the tract earlier putting pen to paper, Stewart has refused to don his Bengals gear. 

Stewart was a highly touted imaginable coming retired of Texas A&M, arsenic 1 of the champion antiaircraft end's successful the Class of 2025. 

But now, his brash enactment has been called retired by shot fans and deemed arsenic rude earlier helium has taken a azygous NFL snap. 

Stewart was inactive made disposable to the media connected Friday, and helium explained his rationale, arsenic helium was contiguous astatine the team's rookie minicamp without taking portion successful immoderate drill. 

'I conscionable decided not to motion those papers,' Stewart said. 

Stewart, who was already assigned No 97 by the Bengals, said helium hopes to get his declaration resolved by Monday to articulation his caller teammates.

'I would emotion to beryllium portion of the team,' Stewart added. 'I hatred being connected the sideline looking astatine everybody other bash work.' 

'Especially connected the archetypal day, it's benignant of pugnacious connected me. I'm doing everything else, conscionable similar connected the tract stuff, not doing that.'

The No 17 wide prime has a worth of $18.9million, with a signing bonus of astir $10.4million, per Spotrac. 

It is unclear if the holdup connected Stewart is owed to him wanting much money, the Bengals trying to prevention wealth by paying him a small less, oregon neither. 

Only 11 first-round picks person officially signed their rookie contracts, with galore expected to beryllium done implicit the adjacent week. Yet, Stewart is the lone expected holdout from on-field work. 

Stewart near the Aggies aft his inferior play wherever helium was deemed 1 of the champion antiaircraft linemen successful the country.