Trey Hendrickson Update

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 08:20 PM)jj22 Wrote: I don’t know why they’d be so hung up on the guarantees. Trey knock on wood could miss the season if signed  and still be back for 2027.

I can’t imagine them cutting him after a year. They’ve always been slow to pull the trigger on an aging core piece. His agent should know that. Unless agents don’t trust that anymore.

Bengals have gotten better letting go in recent years. Or at least forcing restructures. Maybe that spin of reputation to see out contracts as reasons to sign for only a year guaranteed is over. If it was ever really a thing. .

The entire landscape of the NFL and contracts has changed very rapidly since Cleveland messed around and gave Watson that fully guaranteed deal. The rookie slotting system was put in place specifically to avoid holdouts and teams having to suffer huge financial losses for paying massive money to guys that sometimes turned out to be "busts". Leave it to the agent community to attempt to find ways to circumvent what the CBA established. If a player is unavailable to the team through his own off the field actions, the team should not be on the hook for that money. Does anyone think that their boss will give them a fully guaranteed, multi year contract with no strings attached? I know that my employers wouldn't pay me for not being able to work, aside from my accrued time off.