Trey Hendrickson Update

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(4 hours ago)Joelist Wrote: Now look at where they stand for cash flow - not high. Remember that just this offseason they have laid out well north of 160 million in cash. Remember the Funding Rule. They're probably having to do gymnastics to figure out how to work in even more money to escrow for Trey.

And with Trey remember he signed an extension then started asking for more the very next offseason. The Bengals said no in part because by league rules they could not do another extension that quickly after the last one. I get Trey feels he is worth more than he is getting and hopefully they can get it done but his behavior here is actually refuting the argument for extending players early to shield against the market moving - if they're just going to hold out for more money anyway what's the point?

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/_/year/2023
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/_/year/2024
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/_/year/2025

The Bengals in 2023 were 12th in cash spend, in 2024 were 13th and this far in 2025 are 23rd with Trey extension and 1st and 2nd round picks not signed yet). They will leap Baltimore if they sign Stewart and will jump others if they extend Trey.

Average out and the Bengals are 16th worst case scenario or middle of the NFL, far from cheap as some claim. 16th is technically top 50% in the league.