There is no end in sight to the Bengals’ dual contract standoffs. First-round pick Shemar Stewart left Cincinnati on the last day of mandatory minicamp, while All-Pro Trey Hendrickson remains away from the team as he fights for a new deal.

The standoff between the Cincinnati Bengals and first-round pick Shemar Stewart is just complex enough and just vague enough to generate reactions that are all over the spectrum. Some onlookers see a franchise that has historically run into these problems doing so again,