Trey Hendrickson Update

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(Yesterday, 11:54 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: No doubt Steelers who will start a 41 year old QB who turns 42 in December did a nice job getting Watt signed. My thoughts are he was signed on July 17 so to say no drama is not the entire truth. They also just signed their starting QB recently which was also drama.

Let's see if the Bengals sign Trey in the coming weeks or not. The drama created is by fans. The Bengals FO looks at it as a business decision. I am not sure how many 100 million contracts you have given out, but it is a ton of money. They have a value assigned to him, my guess is they will stay within 15% of the value. If Trey wants more, he may be sitting out 2025 which many would not blame him. However, if Trey puts his business hate on, losing 16 million + millions in fines may not be a smart business decision for him long term because Bengals own his rights for nect 3 years if they so desire.

I want him signed, but the door swings both ways, he is under contract in 2025 and took a nice signing bonus in 2022 to extend his deal. I think he deserves an extension, but it is not my money.

As for Watt, time will tell if father time or injury catched up to him the next 4 years and especially the next 3 years. Will he play at a level to earn that money is yet TBD, he may or he may blow out his knee week 1 and the contract be a D. Watson deal in the end. One thing I do see, he has a lot of tread on the tires. His brother was great also until he wasn't his last couple of years.
https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-de-j-j-watt-explains-decision-to-retire-at-end-of-2022-i-ve-known-for-

JJ was 33 when he retired and look it up, he went from great to average very quickly.

So jury still out on if Steeler's signing TJ to a 3 year extension was a great, good or bad move.

Let's revist at end of 2026 season for a true evaluation of his price and production.

I don't usually watch Steelers games unless they are playing the Bengals, but it seemed to be Twatt started dropping off last year. Maybe the numbers won't back that up, but to the eye test he seems to have missed a step to me. 

As for giving Hendrickson a contract that matches that, I'm a no. There is a video on the home page, and on Youtube of the Bengals 1970 season. One of the things that struck me was talking about the D-line and the Linebackers having no great stars, but playing as a solid unit and getting it done as a group. Instead of paying Hendrickson 120 million dollars at his age, I think the better direction is to upgrade the group as a whole and get them all on the same page as the 70 group did. Just my opinion, but if we guarantee him 100 million dollars and his age catches up to him, we are screwed for years to come.