In exchange for accepting the new language the Bengals are adding to the contract, Cincinnati is giving Stewart an extra $550,000 upon signing in addition to the 50 percent he will receive when he puts pen to paper. Stewart will get the rest of his signing bonus in a second payment in December.

Rookie Bengals edge rusher Shemar Stewart has finally signed with the organization, inking a four-year, fully guaranteed $18.97 million contract that includes a $10.4 million signing bonus, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.