Trey Hendrickson Update

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(Yesterday, 06:28 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: So was Zack Moss, Geno Stone, and Joe Mixon when the Bengals demanded they take a paycut over the last two offseasons.

So was Sheldon Rankins, Alex Cappa, Nick Scott, Trey Hopkins, Trae Waynes, Geno Atkins, Bobby Hart, Giovani Bernard, Cordy Glenn, John Miller, BW Webb, Dre Kirkpatrick, Andy Dalton, Vontaze Burfict, and probably Germaine Pratt when they got cut by the Bengals in the Taylor while under contract. Not to mention the countless many less noteworthy players.

The Bengals also signed those contracts. The whole "honoring your word and play out the whole contract" thing is a relic of a bygone era of Bengals football. No longer do vastly underperforming players get to hang around for an extra year or two because they're under contract. That's a good thing when it comes to winning games, but also because of it you no longer have the moral highground to put your soapbox on about players who vastly outplay their contract wanting more.

Everyone you mentioned got the money they were guaranteed or agreed not to, to keep a paycheck. 

There's a difference between employee and employer. They did Trey a solid by letting him seek a trade. I hope the Bengals give Trey a pay raise, but they are not stupid for not doing so.