Congratulations Trey Hendrickson

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(11-06-2024, 05:47 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: He puts together 2 to 3 more years of quality DE,  he should be on future HOF consideration 

Playing 68% of the snaps as his career high will always hurt him. Keeps him from All Pro talk and not even getting any DPoY votes let alone wins, which will keep him out of All-Decade teams (which are important for HoF).

Plus even 2 more seasons of 17 sacks after this year will still have him in the ~110 sack range, and you need 111 just to be tied for 40th all-time (since 1960) right now and by the time Hendrickson is eligible to even receive HoF votes that'll be even lower ranked because of Watt, Garrett, Hunter, etc.

Unless he helps the Bengals win a SB (or goes elsewhere and does those 2 years of 17 sacks for a SB winning team) OR after he retires goes into the media and has a really successful media career, I think he's going to fall into the same category as Carlos Dunlap. Really good players who aren't good enough to make it into the Hall. 

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Some Current HoF Finalists
Terrell Suggs: 139 sacks, 37 FF, 202 TFL... 7x Pro Bowl, 1x 1st Team All-Pro, DRoY, 1x DPoY, 2x SB Rings
Jared Allen: 136 sacks, 32 FF, 171 TFL.... 5x Pro Bowl, 4x 1st Team All-Pro, 2x DPoY top-5 finish
Robert Mathis: 123 sacks, 54 FF, 108 TFL.... 5x Pro Bowl, 1x 1st Team All-Pro, 1x DPoY top-5 finish, 1x SB Ring

Current Competitors Just In Division
Trey Hendrickson: 70.5 sacks, 13 FF, 63 TFL.... 3x Pro Bowl
TJ Watt: 103 sacks, 31 FF, 117 TFL.... 6x Pro Bowl, 4x 1st Team All-Pro, 4x DPoY top-5 finish, 1x DPoY
Myles Garrett: 95.5 sacks, 19 FF, 104 TFL.... 5x Pro Bowl, 3x 1st Team All-Pro, 1x DPoY top-5 finish, 1 DPoY

Hendrickson just does not line up with those guys. Heck, between Watt, Garrett, Von Miller, Khalil Mack, Cameron Jordan, Chandler Jones (apparently not retired yet?), Calais Campbell, and younger guys like Crosby, Parsons, etc, even if he has 2 more great 17-sack type seasons I don't think Hendrickson even has a top-10 claim on HoF odds for current player DE/Pass Rushers.