Most underappreciated Bengal: Trey Hendrickson

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(10-10-2023, 03:58 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I feel like this guy is every bit as impactful as Geno Atkins was and better overall than Carlos Dunlap, yet we barely talk about him.

28 sacks in 36 games as a Bengal. An average of 12.4 sacks per 16 games. This season, he has 6 sacks and 7 QB hits in only 5 games.

Is it that he wasn't drafted by the Bengals? Or that Joe and Chase take so much of the focus? I feel like we've had some guys on defense that are or should be stars, but they're pretty much afterthoughts. Logan Wilson is another. DJ Reader. Etc.

I remember the debates about whether Bengals should have kept Lawson over Hendrickson.
Argument was Lawson was getting a lot of pressure and just unlucky closing the deal.
Meanwhile, Hendrickson had one good year with a ton of sacks but about the same number of pressures as Lawson, plus he had Jordan on the opposite side taking the focus.

I'll own up that I was one of the ones that was somewhat skeptical if Hendrickson was going to sustain his double-digit sacks and is Lawson actually about as good.
Lawson did put up 7 sacks last year with the Jets, which is right there in the Sam Hubbard range.
But Hendrickson is undoubtedly the better of the two and the Bengals made the right choice letting Lawson walk in favor of Hendrickson.