Cincinnati Bengals rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart found himself in the middle of an unexpected training camp headline this week after an accidental collision with franchise quarterback Joe Burrow led to the team’s first practice scuffle of 2025.

The incident occurred on Wednesday during an 11-on-11 drill when Stewart, rushing up the middle on a stunt, lost his footing.

“On the loop, the ground gave way under my foot, and I was just falling,” Stewart said. “I had my head down, and I couldn't really see where I was going. All I knew is I was falling. Then the next you know … ”

The rookie went low on Burrow, a violation of one of the NFL’s most important unwritten rules, never hit the quarterback in practice.

The contact set off a brief altercation between the Bengals’ starting

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