{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

[BFritz21]

This article suggests trading Hendrickson to the Packers for three draft picks, which would be too good of a deal to pass up, imco:

Quote:Seeing Myles Garrett cash in with $40 million per year already cost Cincinnati more than what they surely wanted with Ja'Marr Chase, and their decision to also keep Tee Higgins further tightened their financial belt. While the idea of losing one of the league's premier pass-rushers seems crazy, there's a line of thinking that Cincinnati's defense has been bad with Hendrickson, so paying him $35 million or more won't fix the unit. Trading him for a major haul can do as much good or more if they hit.

The Packers are an ideal landing spot for a top-notch defensive star. This is a young roster with only a few notable needs, so spending two picks in this class won't sting. They've also managed their cap well and have the future flexibility needed to justify adding a top pass-rusher contract to its books.

Coming off four straight Pro Bowls and an All-Pro season, the 30-year-old Hendrickson is still at the peak of his powers. The Packers have one high-level presence in Rashan Gary on the roster but are otherwise too reliant on rotational talents and scheming to create opportunities. Hendrickson solves that immediately and can be the bridge into future years when Gary will also exit his prime years.

He has put up a crazy amount of sacks the past few years but, like it says, that hasn't translated to much success for our defense overall.

He's hitting thirty and, let's be honest, even if he were to repeat the previous few years' success, how long would it be before he completely falls off or even to a level that wouldn't even come close to justifying that kind of salary?

This trade would give us the ability to draft one of the better guards and still have the ability to draft our other needs, including at least one pass rusher, or it gives us trade capital to get a guard or end.

I know we're the most stubborn team in pro sports history, but we really need to make this happen because we can't have that much money tied up in four players, and Hendrickson's the odd man out because he'll be thirty.

I'd be on the phone accepting this deal before they could even receive the email reply!