{"id":104096,"date":"2025-06-04T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/104096\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:37:08","slug":"espn-has-a-proposal-for-a-trey-hendrickson-trade-with-commanders-and-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/104096\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN has a proposal for a Trey Hendrickson trade with Commanders and Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gap between the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>\u2019 offer and what star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson wants doesn\u2019t seem to have lessened in size since his public comments a couple of weeks ago. Aside from a Hendrickson post on Instagram with what could be cryptic lyrics, there hasn\u2019t been much movement.<\/p>\n

The Bengals haven\u2019t shown any inclination to trade the disgruntled star, but that doesn\u2019t have to stop teams from making offers. <\/p>\n

In a recent post, ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler and Seth Walder shared interesting trade proposals<\/a> that could land the Bengals a player they were linked to in a previous draft and two draft picks from the Washington Commanders<\/a> or draft compensation from the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> to reunite Hendrickson with Lou Anarumo.<\/p>\n

In the first offer, Fowler has Hendrickson going to the Colts for two draft picks:<\/p>\n

Jeremy Fowler\u2019s offer:<\/p>\n

Bengals get: 2026 second-round pick, 2027 fifth-round pick<\/p>\n

Colts get: Hendrickson<\/p>\n

Why this deal makes sense for both sides: This sort of urgent move from Indy general manager Chris Ballard would solidify the edge of new coordinator Lou Anarumo\u2019s<\/a> defense. Anarumo would gladly reunite with Hendrickson after they spent four seasons together in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

The Bengals were reportedly set on getting a first-round pick for Hendrickson, but that never happened. The longer this draws out, the less leverage the Bengals have in trade talks. Fowler touched on that as well:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear the Bengals aren\u2019t getting a first-rounder for Hendrickson \u2014 or else a deal would have been done by now \u2014 but the elite pass rusher still has immense value. They would be smart to capitalize on a trade like this if they aren\u2019t going to pay him what he wants. The Colts have around $20 million in cap space to orchestrate a new contract for Hendrickson.<\/p>\n

In a suggestion for the Commanders, Walder has the Bengals getting Jer\u2019Zhan Newton, a third-round pick, and a seventh-round pick in exchange for Hendrickson:<\/p>\n

Bengals get: DT Jer\u2019Zhan Newton<\/a>, 2026 third-round pick, 2027 seventh-round pick<\/p>\n

Commanders get: Hendrickson<\/p>\n

Why this deal makes sense for both sides: Washington is in win-now mode, but Dorance Armstrong<\/a> is its best edge rusher. Adding Hendrickson, who recorded the second-best pass rush win rate<\/a> at edge last season (24%), would be a huge boost.<\/p>\n

Losing Newton would make an old defense older, but the Commanders have strong veteran options on the interior defensive line in Daron Payne<\/a>, Javon Kinlaw<\/a> and Deatrich Wise Jr<\/a>. (who can move inside if needed). By including Newton in the deal, the Commanders can put together a feasible package without a second-round pick \u2014 they lost their 2026 second-round selection as part of the trade<\/a> for offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil<\/a>. Newton would be appealing to the Bengals as immediate help.<\/p>\n

There is no reason to believe the Bengals would entertain either of these trades, but if they did, getting a young defensive tackle and two draft picks seems more like the way they would go.<\/p>\n

What do you think of these proposals? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The gap between the Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 offer and what star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson wants doesn\u2019t seem to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2053],"tags":[2329,357,228,227,256,2296,1559,2005,427,12,1563,7,23,29,3758,2341,1560,6,16292,102,2340,717],"class_list":{"0":"post-104096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-a","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-cincinnatibengals","14":"tag-cincy","15":"tag-colts","16":"tag-commanders","17":"tag-espn","18":"tag-exclude-from-stn-video","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-for","21":"tag-front-page","22":"tag-has","23":"tag-hendrickson","24":"tag-jungle","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-proposal","27":"tag-trade","28":"tag-trey","29":"tag-with"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114626785829435833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}