{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

[WeezyBengal]

(03-11-2025, 11:45 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: We can't replace Trey with a first round pick. We can't replace Trey with a DE for his 15,800 base salary in 2025. I know fans want to hate on the Bengals, but the team has the 30 and soon to be DE under a very team friendly contract.

As I said earlier, there is the team, the player and the fans. Bengals fans mostly side with the player. I suggest fans look at this from a team standpoint. The same fans upset the team has not locked up Tee and Chase for 4 or 5 years are crying like a 2 year old we are not signing the free agents they want.

A fan of the team needs to be impartial and realize the team has all 3 guys locked into 2025. Do I want them to extend Chase? Yes, I do. Higgins is an expensive luxary a great QB like Burrow should not neet, just as MaHomes did not need Tyrek Hill. Trey wants a new contract. Would he take a ay cut if he did not play well in 2024 or was injured? My guess is no and way.

I think every fan realizes we need a guard or 2 as much or more than we need Tee Higgins. We need a proven DE/Edge to rush the passer on 3rd and long. Murohy, Assai or Johnson may be that guy, but they have yet to prove it. Trey is a great pass rusher and mediocre against the run. He is not Garrett or Watt, not even close.

The team could have Trey play on his current contract and then franchise tag the 31 going on 32 year od. His AVG per year would be 21 million a year. It would be a grand gesture to allow Trey to be traded for only a 1st round pick. He would be great for Tee and his new team and very bad for the Bengals in 2025. Do fans care about 2025, if so they would hope Trey plays on the current contract.

No one is talking about the franchise tag for Hendrickson. IMO I agree with you, its the smartest thing they can do. Make him play on his current contract and then tag him next year. 

In all reality, though - that would piss Trey off to the max.