Trey Hendrickson Update

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(5 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: This is not true. Milton Williams signed a 104 million contract, yet only 51 million is guaranteed at signing. That is less than 50% guaranteed money. This is closer to te norm in the NFL, the Bengals follow the norm, they are not doing less than other teams.If you take total guarntees, it i still only 63 million.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/72453/milton-williams

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $104,000,000
Average Salary:
$26,000,000
Signing Bonus:
$24,000,000
GTD at Sign:

$51,000,000
Total GTD:
$63,000,000
Free Agent:
2029 / UFA

DE Sweat signed with Cardinals in 2025.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/29061/montez-sweat

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $98,000,000
Average Salary:
$24,500,000
Signing Bonus:
$20,426,000
GTD at Sign:

$41,964,888
Total GTD:
$62,864,888
Free Agent:
2028 / UFA

Why were these players nit insulted by the low guaranntees, 2 top players who signed quickly in 2025 FA?

Milton Williams is the only Free Agent DT making more guaranteed money in 2025 than BJ Hill although 5 different defensive tackles signed bigger contracts.

This is an example of how the Bengals do contracts different. Just like they could have lowered the early years of Chase and Tee and fit more short term players on the roster.