Not My Idea-But It Should Be Discussed: What is Hendrickson worth in trade?

[Bengalholic]

Doing anything besides extending Trey is a bad look for the front office. Trey has played his ass off and is having another great season, despite not being satisfied with his current deal. They told him they would revisit negotiations after the season. They need to suck it up and extend him at market value. He's by far the best player on defense right now and what he brings in terms of nonstop effort and passion for the game would be as hard to replace as his productivity. The last thing this teams needs is to create another glaring hole, especially on defense.

[Nicomo Cosca]

Trading Trey probably shouldn’t be off the table as much as it pains me to say that. He’s our best defensive player since Geno, but I’m not sure he matches our competitive timeline at this point. They’re not fixing this defense in one offseason. Maybe not even in two. It needs to be completely rebuilt. He’ll just go to waste here anyway with little to no help. If they can get a nice haul for him they have to consider it.

[jj22]

In theory you trade him knowing a two year rebuild is staring you dead in the face.

This isn’t the draft to have multiple first and second round picks. Seems like an underwhelming class.

They are talking trading him to pay Tee. That’s the story. Tee likely is ready to leave after this season. Even if they do make a late push. Treys a fine trade chip. The defense can’t get worse. Maybe they can flip the picks from a trade for proven players. They need the cap for Chase and a 2020/2021 offseason.

[Clark W Griswold]

(Yesterday, 07:22 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: I love Hendrickson. But if he falls off a cliff next year and gets 5 sacks, and can’t stop the run, what good is he? We can’t ignore his age, and we also can’t ignore we’re not 1 offseason away from having a Super Bowl caliber team. This is a rebuild. Not a mini, a complete rebuild. It’s going to take 2 off seasons. I think if we do this offseason right, we can be a wild card team next year. Another successful offseason and we could be a threat again. But it’s going to take home run off seasons and drafts.

If Trey’s performance falls off a cliff and he only got 5 sacks he would still be the best pass rusher on the Bengals…

[THE PISTONS]

Having only 1 year left on his contract likely hurts his value.

[*bfine32*]

Trey is one of the premiere pass rushers in the NFL and a great dude. How many people have "demanded" as raise/trade, the Team said "No", and they OK and showed up to work the next day to voluntary stuff?

I'd part with every starter on O except Mims, Chase, and Joe before I'd entertain trading TH

[puddycat]

(Yesterday, 06:42 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Hendrickson turns 30 on Thursday, Dec 5.

Looking back at some DL trades, Khalil Mack was traded to Bears for a couple 1st rounders, a 2nd rounder, a 3rd rounder, and a couple late rounders. However, Mack was 27 years old.
Richard Seymour was 29 years old when traded to OAK for a 1st rounder.

When Mack was traded from the Bears to the Chargers he was 30 and had 3 years left on his contract and was traded for a 2022 2nd(#48) and a 2023 5th.  Those three years have cost the Chargers $60M (or it will with pushed out restructure money).  He was injured and was averaging 10 sacks per year. Trey is averaging closer to 13 sacks playing 70% of the snaps (more than he should).

IMO a defensive rebuild will not pay dividends next year. I would put the money and the snaps into younger players. (OR give him a 2 year extension)

[*Go Cards*]

(Yesterday, 06:50 PM)FormerlyBengalRugby Wrote: I would rather see the Bengals invest in Trey, who is producing at a high level on a defense that is doing him no favors, than in Tee Higgins, who cannot stay healthy and is playing in an area of the team where there is an embarrassment of riches.

Keep Trey, trade Tee, get new coaches.

Yep Trey plays nicked up often, but you rarely see Tee do the same

[chopperbobby]

I think we could have gotten more for tee h. He is not coming back next year. We will get nothing for him. What a waist of talent