Bengals' offer to Trey Hendrickson hinted in report

The contract standoff between the Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson has gone from trade feelers before the draft to public statements made by the organization and player.

Along the way, most have rightfully assumed the Bengals have offered Hendrickson somewhere in the $30 million per-year range on an extension, albeit a short one. That would put him in line annually with most of the top defensive ends in the league, with someone like Maxx Crosby hovering around $35.5 million.

But a new writeup from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk mentions where the Bengals might be at on the per-year numbers right now:

“Hendrickson is due to make $16 million this year. The Bengals, we’ve heard, have offered roughly $28 million per year. Whatever the amount (and, as importantly, the structure), he wants more.

He had a chance to get it, when the team gave him permission to seek a trade. That went nowhere, because no one was willing to give him what he wants (especially since they also would have had to give the Bengals something in return).”

That number might explain why Hendrickson isn’t all that happy. But the “structure” comment seems even more important, as the Bengals presumably don’t want to do an extension for as many years as the All-Pro would probably like, considering he’s already 30 years old.

Unfortunately for Hendrickson, the Bengals appear to hold most of the leverage. That, or he’ll have to decide to really accept sitting out, droves of practice fines and gameday fines if he holds out into the regular season on the final year of his deal in the middle of his prime.

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals’ offer to Trey Hendrickson hinted in report

Bengals’ offer to Trey Hendrickson hinted in report

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