While Shemar Stewart and Trey Hendrickson sit out, other Bengals players are taking advantage to get key reps and perhaps even earn bigger roles in the rotation than predicted.

Shemar Stewart's holdout from the Cincinnati Bengals due to some of the language they want to include in his rookie contract is reportedly a fairly common practice used by other teams.

The Bengals and their first-round draft pick are in a contract impasse, and things escalated Thursday, with Stewart leaving mandatory minicamp.