The Cincinnati Bengals selecting Shemar Stewart in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft was one big part of the team's overall draft class earning such mixed reviews in the grades department. But not every person outside the organization and parts of the fanbase are down on the Stewart pick.

Texas A&M Aggies star Shemar Stewart is set for his first NFL payday after being selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL Draft.

Cincinnati gave the veteran permission to seek a trade in March before it agreed to new contracts with wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Those ensuing financial commitments to Chase and Higgins made Hendrickson's future seem even cloudier, although there has not yet been a trade to this point of the offseason.