CINCINNATI \u2014 All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson will not be with the Cincinnati Bengals for the start of training camp.<\/p>\n
As Bengals veterans reported on Tuesday, Hendrickson posted on his Instagram reel that he is in Florida.<\/p>\n
Hendrickson is seeking a long-term extension with an amount of guaranteed money that matches what the league\u2019s top pass rushers are earning. He is scheduled to earn $15.8 million in base salary this season and has a cap number of $18.7 million.<\/p>\n
He did not attend last month\u2019s mandatory minicamp, but did make an appearance during an offseason workout in May to vent his frustrations about negotiations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not looking to offend Trey by saying something, and I\u2019m not looking to try to justify where we are. I think we\u2019re in a good spot,\u201d owner Mike Brown said on Monday. \u201cI hope this thing comes together soon, and I\u2019m just going to leave it at that. You guys can say what you want. I\u2019m not going to say very much until it gets done, and then I\u2019m just going to say we\u2019re glad to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hendrickson led the league with 17 1\/2 sacks last season. His 57 sacks since joining the Bengals in 2021 are third most in the league over the past four seasons.<\/p>\n
Hendrickson\u2019s frustration has continued to mount since the Bengals signed wide receivers Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to lucrative extensions in March.<\/p>\n
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Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson gets set for a snap during the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Cincinnati. Credit: AP\/Kareem Elgazzar<\/p>\n
Chase\u2019s $161 million contract made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL at the time, and Higgins\u2019 $115 million deal made him one of the league\u2019s top 10 highest-paid receivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get to this point in the year, and there\u2019s always Chase to sign, or there\u2019s Joe Burrow to sign, this year Hendrickson to sign. There seems to be somebody, and that\u2019s alright, that\u2019s how the system works. We try to get it done, and we\u2019re still in there trying,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
Hendrickson is a valuable piece to a defense looking to improve with Al Golden in his first season as coordinator. The Bengals (9-8 last season) finished 25th in the league in total defense (348.3 yards allowed per game) and lost four games last season in which they scored at least 30 points.<\/p>\n
The Bengals are also missing first-round pick Shemar Stewart as the two sides are deadlocked over contract language that could void future guarantees if there are any off-field incidents.<\/p>\n
The defensive end, the 17th overall pick in April’s draft, is the only first-round pick who hasn\u2019t signed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson will not be with the Cincinnati Bengals for the start of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[41907,228,227,256,2296,7,6,2309],"class_list":{"0":"post-227498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-audio_enabled","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-wires-bot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114897896527264051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227498","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=227498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}