Shemar Stewart's contractual holdout with the Cincinnati Bengals has lingered to the start of training camp and the team's front office personnel want to see the first-round pick suiting up sooner rather than later.

Cincinnati Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart didn't report with the rest of the rookies for the start of training camp on Saturday, but a team executive doesn't think the contract standoff is solely his fault.

Widely reported as a contract standoff due to the Bengals attempting to reset their own language around the voidance of guarantees, the conversation Monday managed to even overshadow the contract drama with Trey Hendrickson. Bengals president Mike Brown confirmed the nature of the problem.