Trey Hendrickson Update

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 12:03 PM)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?

The guarantees are lower because neither of those guys are near being start to the caliber of Trey Hendrickson. Hell, Milton Williams spends over 50% of defensive snaps on the bench. His best year stats at DT look like the end of the road stats for a guy like Geno Atkins. There's a lot of risk in paying either of those guys high contract with max guarantees. Montaze Sweat has been up and down and battled injuries his career, but at least he averages around 55% of defensive snaps played. Whereas a guy like Trey Hendrickson is averaging about 69% of defensive snaps played since joining the Bengals. Trey is absolutely worth the money and will live up to the guaranteed portion that he's looking for. Those other guys that you presented, I'm not so sure about.