Trey Hendrickson Update

[SunsetBengal]

(07-31-2025, 10:06 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: What seasons are you referring to?

I'm guessing that he's taking about the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Which is ironic, because the defense came up with takeaways and timely stops to get them to the Superbowl and had them within one floundering Left Guard away from walking off with the Lombardi in the 2021 season. The defense also played extremely well in the 2022 playoff run, just one unfortunate defensive penalty away from a return trip to the SB. 

While definitely not the stifling, shut down defenses of the Bears, Ravens and Steelers glory years, they played more than well enough to give the offense a chance to win every game. The problems for Lou and Bengal defense started when Lou began running out of free agent veterans to lead his overly complicated scheme and exposed his failure to teach it to the young, drafted talent in a way that they could easily understand and implement. With Coach Golden being fresh out of the college ranks, I have a feeling that some of these recent draft picks that have been slow to launch might look a bit better.