Trey Hendrickson Update

[BoomerFan]

So do people believe there will be a holdout (if Trey sticks to what he said and the Bengals don't offer something different it sounds inevitable)? How many games do you think Trey misses this year?

[Luvnit2]

(6 hours ago)BoomerFan Wrote: So do people believe there will be a holdout (if Trey sticks to what he said and the Bengals don't offer something different it sounds inevitable)? How many games do you think Trey misses this year?

I say no. I think Trey and his agent come to the realization Bengals have him under contract and any bonus or raise in 2025 is better than getting fined starting when he misses any team activity and then if he holds out, he lose almost 1 million per game + fines. It is money he will never be able to recoup.

[Bengalfan4life27c]

This feels like a Cris Jones situation with the Chiefs but we wont give Tre the contract like Chiefs did. I personally believe based off everything Tre has said no way he plays on current deal. So if neither side flinches we could be looking at Murphy and Stewart as our starting DE for the forseeable future unless something gives.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(4 hours ago)Bengalfan4life27c Wrote: This feels like a Cris Jones situation with the Chiefs but we wont give Tre the contract like Chiefs did. I personally believe based off everything Tre has said no way he plays on current deal. So if neither side flinches we could be looking at Murphy and Stewart as our starting DE for the forseeable future unless something gives.

The current deal is totally meaningless. NO ONE ON EITHER SIDE THINKS HE'LL PLAY ON THAT DEAL NEXT YEAR. NOR ARE THEY ASKING HIM TO.

That's why they offerent him a new deal already. 

The question on if he'll holdout on his current deal is meaningless when he has an offer for $28 mil on the table. 

They question is will he hold out when $28 (or more) is on the table.

[phil413]

(6 hours ago)BoomerFan Wrote: So do people believe there will be a holdout (if Trey sticks to what he said and the Bengals don't offer something different it sounds inevitable)? How many games do you think Trey misses this year?

I legit think both sides must be pretty far off and I could see him sit one or two games. Then he's back to speed a few weeks in. They should look at another vet DE even if they're 60% the player Trey is.  

[Sled21]

(6 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: 1) We did sign a FA DE (Ossai at $7 mil). 
2) We blew $11 mil in space on the Tee/Chase deals. 
3) A Burrow resteucture would free up $19 mil. 
4) Pratt & Volson are still in the roster ($9.5 mil between the two). 
5) Why keep Moss? ($3.5 mil, IIRC). 

That is around $40 mil in extra cap space would could have opened up. $28 of which is still on the table. 

But with keeping Ossai & Sample and drafting a DE high, I don't think an outside DE was a good allocation of resources. 

Which is probably why the Bengals offer was 28 million. He declined.

[Sled21]

(6 hours ago)jj22 Wrote: I’d like to see them sign a 4th receiver which they won’t because of the money already allocated to the position. But we really don’t have anything outside of Chase, Tee, and Yoshi. With potential injuries, this room feels too top heavy.

Especially for a pass first, empty set offense.

We picked up a couple of recievers, and with Gisecki and Hudson I think Burrow has plenty of targets to throw to.

[Sled21]

(6 hours ago)BoomerFan Wrote: So do people believe there will be a holdout (if Trey sticks to what he said and the Bengals don't offer something different it sounds inevitable)? How many games do you think Trey misses this year?

Depends on how stupid he is. I don't know him so I can't really say. Every game he sits is money he'll never get back

[wanga]

If he wants more money hard to see him holding out and getting less. A deal will get done.

[QueenCity]

I don't think he can "Afford" to sit out games. If he's already complaining about the guarantees he isn't going to let a few million that was guaranteed go back to the team.

[Goalpost]

This is a distraction that doesn't help the club.