The Cincinnati Bengals are but to agree on a brand new deal for star defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, with final 12 months’s sack chief rising stressed on the lack of negotiations.
Will Trey Hendrickson keep in Cincinnati?
The Trey Hendrickson saga appears to have taken a dramatic flip this week, with the Cincinnati Bengals defensive finish voicing his frustrations throughout a tough offseason.
Initially the Bengals acknowledged that they had been prepared to hearken to presents for final 12 months’s NFL sack chief when the season ended, however the franchise took a fast u-turn saying they had been now seeking to prolong Hendrickson’s contract.
This was over two months in the past now although and there was no negotiations between the group and Hendrickson since.
“No communication has taken place between my camp and the group publish draft,” Hendrickson mentioned, by way of an announcement this week. “The presents previous to the draft didn’t replicate the imaginative and prescient we shared and had been promised final offseason if I continued to play at a excessive stage.”
Myles Garrett is one other excessive stage defensive finish within the league and he put pen to paper on a $40million per 12 months take care of the Browns this summer time.
“Coaches are conscious of those previous conversations. Relatively than utilizing collaboration to get us to a degree to carry me residence to the group, THEY are now not speaking.” Hendrickson continued.
Trey Hendrickson assertion at the moment to ESPN: “No communication has taken place between my camp and the group publish draft. The presents previous to the draft didn’t replicate the imaginative and prescient we shared and had been promised final offseason if I continued to play at a excessive stage. Coaches are… pic.twitter.com/2MKBL60ATg
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“I’ve been eagerly awaiting a decision of this example, however that’s arduous to do when there isn’t any dialogue and an evident lack of curiosity in reaching mutual objectives.”
Hendrickson has performed 4 seasons in Cincinnati, attaining over 13.0 sacks in three of these years. For the final two years Hendrickson has recorded 17.5 sacks.
Bengals prioritising offense once more?
It appears that evidently the Bengals have prioritised their offensive core within the offseason but once more, as they determined to shock everybody by retaining Tee Higgins, arguably one of the best WR2 within the league.
After all with Higgins comes an enormous price ticket and wage invoice, with the 26-year-old franchise tagged by Cincinnati earlier than agreeing to a four-year, $115 million contract extension.
BREAKING: Bengals and WR Tee Higgins comply with four-year, $115M deal.
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However it’s the Bengals protection that value them a spot within the playoffs final season, so the entrance workplace might be eager to resolve the Hendrickson contract saga as quickly as attainable.
