BREAKING: Bengals give Trey Hendrickson permission to be traded

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(03-08-2025, 08:55 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 3yr/$90-100m extension > 2yr/~$50m of getting tagged twice

Plus the extension would come with a ~$20-30m signing bonus that he'd get right now and could invest and make money off of. Plus, again, potential possible future franchise tags are not guaranteed money until they're applied there is zero protection for him from a drop in production or a serious injury that would make the Bengals potentially not want to tag him again. There's a reason almost no player likes the tag and becomes disgruntled when they get it and almost all non-Bengals teams make sure that tagging a player is just a move to give them time to negotiate an extension that offseason rather than actually expecting them to play under the tag.

He does have a choice and it's not just retirement. He can just hold in and collect paychecks. He has a history of neck stingers, so he can just say that he tweaked it and doesn't feel right enough to practice soft tissue injuries are near impossible to disprove. Nobody around the NFL would blame him or find him less desirable because of it, because sacks are valuable and everyone is making fun of the Bengals for being a clown show organization right now and would understand.

Oh you're factoring in a 3 year deal.
I'm making the assumption he turns 31 in December, so even if he hits FA, his likelihood of getting a 3-year deal at $30-33 mill APY is less likely because that would mean a team banking on him performing at $30 mill APY worthy at 33 years old.

You mention though he does have a choice to hold in and collect paychecks, which every player can do if they wanted.
You say NOBODY around the NFL would blame him, but I have to think some would.

Regardless, being tagged twice is still quite a lot of money after 30 years old, so it's not like he wouldn't be getting paid well that would cover his needs the rest of his life.

I was also thinking guaranteed money, which I would have my doubts Hendrickson at age 31 would get $60+ mill guaranteed from a team, even if getting a 3-year deal.
Whereas the two tags, while maybe a bit lower than $60 mill when all is said and done, would be fully guaranteed, plus he could still go sign somewhere for a 1-year or 2-year deal after and get more.