Trey Hendrickson Update

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(8 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: 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.

The problem with those cash figures is they do not include the guarantee. Remember that whether it is into escrow or paid to the player as bonus the entire guarantee is paid in cash at signing. So...

Chase - 112 million guarantee (and thus 112 million in cash paid)
Tee - 40.9 million guarantee (and thus 40.9 million in cash paid)

Just on these two that cash number is low by almost 70 million.