The long standoff between the Cincinnati Bengals and first-round pick Shemar Stewart is over. Stewart and the Bengals agreed to his contract on Friday, ending one of the stranger rookie contract stalemates to occur since the rookie wage scale started a year ago. And somehow, the Stewart contract details make it all the stranger.

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Shemar Stewart has agreed to terms on his fully guaranteed four-year rookie contract, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported on Friday.

Stewart agreed to sign the four-year, $18.97 million deal after Cincinnati changed the language a controversial clause.