Another one - Trey Hendrickson asks for a trade from Cincy

[Low Positive]

9 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

How does cincy now pay higgins and chase after that metcalf deal?

 

it seems like they will have a serious issue here.

JJ Watt went on some TV show or podcast and remarked on how stupid Mike Brown was to not extend Chase early. When you have an elite guy, the price only goes up the longer you wait. He should have been extended two years ago. But Mike Brown only does one big contract a year. It's all the cash that he has. Two years ago, they did Burrow. Then, they tried to do Chase last year but wouldn't budge off 25M. Ja'marr wanted to get more than Jefferson. You can understand him because Ja'marr Chase is the best WR in the NFL. Then they made him a promise to make him the "highest paid non-QB" but then the Stains (what Bengals fans call the Browns) went and paid Garrett all that cash. Now they got Higgins and Chase unsigned, an antsy Burrow, and an angry Trey Hendrickson. And that's after losing DJ Reader and Jesse Bates. The Bengals were a play away from winning a Super Bowl in 2021. Now, that core is either gone, unsigned, or angry. You can complain about Beane, but the Bengals have managed a Super Bowl window about as badly as a team could.  

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

On 3/6/2025 at 3:28 PM, Virgil said:

Him or Garrett works for me.  This guy knows Mahomes as good as anyone.  Being 30 isn’t great though.  
 

I would think the Bengals would want to resolve this situation soon, so they can make choices about Higgens. 
 

This is already turning into a somewhat crazy offseason with about of bigs names being released or traded on the trade block.  

There’s no way Cinci is going to trade him inside a very competitive conference.

[Codyny13]

I think you see with Garret, and after reading Trey’s comments about not wanting to be elsewhere, this is all about getting paid, something Cincy is notoriously cheap about. I’m not sure how this ends..

[JohnNord]

12 hours ago, Low Positive said:

JJ Watt went on some TV show or podcast and remarked on how stupid Mike Brown was to not extend Chase early. When you have an elite guy, the price only goes up the longer you wait. He should have been extended two years ago. But Mike Brown only does one big contract a year. It's all the cash that he has. Two years ago, they did Burrow. Then, they tried to do Chase last year but wouldn't budge off 25M. Ja'marr wanted to get more than Jefferson. You can understand him because Ja'marr Chase is the best WR in the NFL. Then they made him a promise to make him the "highest paid non-QB" but then the Stains (what Bengals fans call the Browns) went and paid Garrett all that cash. Now they got Higgins and Chase unsigned, an antsy Burrow, and an angry Trey Hendrickson. And that's after losing DJ Reader and Jesse Bates. The Bengals were a play away from winning a Super Bowl in 2021. Now, that core is either gone, unsigned, or angry. You can complain about Beane, but the Bengals have managed a Super Bowl window about as badly as a team could.  

I believe the old-fashioned term is “penny wise, pound foolish.”  Cincinnati publicly said they were committed to making Chase the highest paid non QB in the NFL but proceeded to do nothing.  

Now Garrett is making $40M and Metcalf has $30M+ per season.  So saving a few million could easily end up costing Cincinnati over $10 million dollars just on Chase!  

[SCBills]

3 hours ago, Codyny13 said:

I think you see with Garret, and after reading Trey’s comments about not wanting to be elsewhere, this is all about getting paid, something Cincy is notoriously cheap about. I’m not sure how this ends..

 

I read he turned down a 2 year extension worth 32M per year. 

 

If accurate, is he looking for a 3 years extension at 100M because I don't know how comfortable I'd be giving that contract out on top of his one year left at 30 years old.   Takes him through age 34.  

 

Unlike the Browns and Raiders, yea.... I don't know that the Bengals are suddenly going to cave.  

 

Bengals folks still say this is basically a "Come back to us with a deal we can't refuse or you're playing out your contract".

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

59 minutes ago, SCBills said:

 

I read he turned down a 2 year extension worth 32M per year. 

 

If accurate, is he looking for a 3 years extension at 100M because I don't know how comfortable I'd be giving that contract out on top of his one year left at 30 years old.   Takes him through age 34.  

 

Unlike the Browns and Raiders, yea.... I don't know that the Bengals are suddenly going to cave.  

 

Bengals folks still say this is basically a "Come back to us with a deal we can't refuse or you're playing out your contract".

I’d be comfortable as hell. 70.5 sacks the past 5 years. Those numbers are absolutely unreal. I don’t see any sign of him slowing down. He is well worth a late 1st and one of our 3rds. Hendrickson would instantly propel the Bills defense to the top of the NFL.

[stuvian]

I'd love to see him as a Bill but I'm not expecting it

[Warriorspikes51]

At the risk of giving out false hope

 

Commanders did just trade 4 picks to get Tunsil.  They were one of the teams thought most likely to land him, if not the top team

 

 

[Aussie Joe]

1 hour ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

At the risk of giving out false hope

 

Commanders did just trade 4 picks to get Tunsil.  They were one of the teams thought most likely to land him, if not the top team

 

 

Two of the picks were 2026 … and they still have a 2025 2nd Round … so they are not prevented from acquiring Hendrickson 

Edited 11 hours ago by Aussie Joe