Trey Hendrickson Update

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(05-22-2025, 05:24 PM)samhain Wrote: Trey is the textbook case of disgruntled employee resulting from wishful misunderstanding.  Employers say a lot of vague shit to get employees to close their yaps and get back to work.  The family is careful with their words, but likely said something to him that made him think that continued outperformance of contract would be rewarded.  

Problem is, without something in writing, that means nothing.  The family is thinking of the team and their pocketbook.  Trey is thinking of himself and his family.  It was easy for him to be shoved aside for awhile with other issues at hand, but now he's THE issue.  For him this has always been the case, but this is what waiting and hoping a problem evaporates gets you.  

Thinking you are being under compensated is one level of dissatisfaction.  Believing you were doing what you had to to get the money you wanted and getting snubbed is another.  

I also think the late season shift from Tee being a no-doubt goner to a must-sign played a role here.  I think Burrow and Chase campaigning for him threw the team for a real loop.  I'm glad they will be Bengals for a long time, but I think it royally tanked this offseason.  Not blaming the players, but this front office just can't do two things at once.

Or just a typical case of an employee feeling like they are outperforming their current title/paygrade and seeking a promotion/bump to compensate for the level of work they are actually doing, whether the company gave them a vague/wrong impression or not.

And in the case of Hendrickson, I would 100% agree.
He's being paid 13th-highest AAV, which is mid-tier when thinking top pass rusher on each team, but he's performing Top 3 for 2 years now in a row.


Rumor is Bengals have offered in the realm of $28 mill AAV for extension, which would put him among the likes of Josh Hines-Allen and Brian Burns.
JHA had 17.5 sacks in 2023 but otherwise has only cracked double-digit sacks his rookie year.
Burns only has one season with double-digit sacks, notching 12.5 in 2022.
Overall, these are guys who average ~9-10 sacks a season.

Hendrickson deserves to make $30+ mill AAV and put him among the likes of Garrett, Nick Bosa, Hunter, and Crosby.