NFL insider discusses commerce curiosity in Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson

Trey Hendrickson was an absolute stud for the Cincinnati Bengals final season. On a unit that was void of manufacturing apart from Hendrickson, the star defensive finish carried many of the Bengals pass-rushing success on his shoulders.

He ended the season with a league-high 17.5 sacks, together with a pivotal 3.5 sacks in a key Week 18 win to maintain the staff’s playoff hopes alive. Hendrickson has had back-to-back seasons of 17.5 sacks, so he is aware of a factor or two about attending to the quarterback.

The 30-year-old is likely to be on the lookout for another big-time contract earlier than he sunsets his profession, and he’s in an attention-grabbing place throughout the defensive finish market.

If the Bengals don’t prolong Hendrickson whereas trying to wrap their cash up within the staff’s dynamic offensive weapons, they may very well be trying to acquire some younger expertise earlier than he hits the market.

That’s a minimum of what NFL insider Jeremy Fowler is suggesting may very well be a chance.

“As one league supply predicts, ‘Maxx, Myles and Trey will all be tied up in [trade] talks.’ The expectation is Crosby and Hendrickson will get sturdy commerce curiosity if their respective groups resolve to entertain calls. However groups should determine this edge rush market, both by proactively signing their very own gamers to high-end cash or discovering a approach to get youthful and cheaper on the place,” Fowler wrote at ESPN.

Hendrickson has one 12 months left on his contract and could have a $15.8 million base contract and an $18.7 million cap hit. He’ll change into an unrestricted free agent if he doesn’t get an extension settlement with the Bengals.

Cincinnati doesn’t have a lot hope on the place regardless of utilizing a great chunk of draft capital on gamers like Myles Murphy and Joseph Ossai. That mentioned, hopefully, they keep their star, but when their negotiations with different stars inform us a lot, one shouldn’t maintain their breath {that a} deal is completed sooner somewhat than later.