In recent years, injuries to quarterback Joe Burrow contributed to the team's slow starts that ultimately contributed to Cincinnati missing the playoffs each of the last two years. And while Burrow is healthy now,

The Bengals are in separate contract disputes with a pair of edge rushers: veteran Trey Hendrickson and rookie Shemar Stewart. With neither player on the field — and in Hendrickson’s case, even in town — quarterback Joe Burrow called the simultaneous situations “obviously disappointing” in his Wednesday press conference after the first practice of camp.

For yet another year, the Bengals are trying to navigate around contract issues as they prepare for the start of the upcoming season, a situation that Joe Burrow called "obviously disappointing."