Bengals' Trey Hendrickson trade ideas from ESPN aren't appealing

The Cincinnati Bengals remain unlikely to trade star pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson.

As always, though, the speculation from outside Cincinnati won’t stop bringing up Hendrickson’s name in trade ideas until the situation gets resolved in some manner.

ESPN recently threw out a handful of trade ideas for the Bengals, most of which amounted to the Bengals getting back something like a second-round pick from a team like the Buffalo Bills.

The most notable was a proposal that saw the Bengals send Hendrickson to the Washington Commanders in exchange for second and fourth-round picks, plus defensive lineman Jer’Zhan Newton.

Newton was a popular name amongst Bengals fans before the 2024 draft. He fell to the second round and was productive over 16 games as a rookie. But the Bengals already have younger investments like Kris Jenkins Jr. and McKinnley Jackson on the interior alongside a veteran like BJ Hill.

Since the Bengals didn’t find a deal they liked before the draft after granting Hendrickson’s trade request, though, they’re unlikely to make a deal happen now. They hold plenty of leverage over the contract standoff, with Hendrickson nearing fines during mandatory work, plus the idea he won’t want to harm his long-term value now at the age of 30.

Given how much the entire Bengals defense would regress without Hendrickson, these offers and others simply don’t cut it now.

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson trade ideas from ESPN aren’t appealing

Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson trade ideas from ESPN aren’t appealing

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