{"id":25539,"date":"2025-06-12T11:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25539"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:48:43","slug":"dont-handle-it-the-way-the-bengals-do-major-analyst-makes-blunt-assessment-of-cincinnatis-contract-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=25539","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Don&#8217;t Handle It The Way The Bengals Do&#8217; &#8211; Major Analyst Makes Blunt Assessment of Cincinnati&#8217;s Contract Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-mm-id=\"_8d1lnk3ku\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4718,h_2653,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01jxfjqkst9p5br412zw.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) wraps up Minnesota Vikings quarterback Nick Mullens (12) for a loss in the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 15 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings at PayCor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. The Bengals won on an overtime field goal.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_mvf4l8xqy\"><strong>CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>NFL analyst Ross Tucker had\u00a0some\u00a0blunt thoughts on the Bengals&#8217; latest contract headaches with Trey Hendrickson and Shemar Stewart.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_btex01df1\">He noted on his podcast that no NFL team should follow the Bengals&#8217; ways of handling contract business.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0gcbh9p5b\">&#8220;There&#8217;s always some\u00a0type of\u00a0contractual issue,&#8221; Tucker noted on his show. &#8220;The Shemar Stewart thing seems incredibly silly. I have no idea why they would be trying to force that issue (in the contract language). You know the Hendrickson thing. Maybe you can say he signed an extension, whatever, it&#8217;s just more often than\u00a0not,\u00a0if you watch contract\u00a0situations if you&#8217;re an NFL owner ever, don&#8217;t handle it the way the Bengals do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_j8yf36mtr\">It&#8217;s hard to argue against him, considering Cincinnati has not only aggravated its best defensive player over multiple seasons but also lost out on\u00a0major\u00a0contract value by waiting to sign Ja&#8217;Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to contracts this March.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_2bah9qo6h\">Both players wanted long-term deals well before this past spring.\u00a0Cincinnati even dragged the Joe Burrow extension right up near the\u00a0first game of the season\u00a0in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt just feels like they ALWAYS have issues like this\u2026\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossTuckerNFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RossTuckerNFL<\/a> gives his thoughts on the various Bengals contract situations: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VY7Q9e1kBR\">pic.twitter.com\/VY7Q9e1kBR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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