{"id":50573,"date":"2025-05-14T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/50573\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:15:09","slug":"nfl-insider-claims-cincinnati-bengals-wont-give-hendrickson-specific-contract-ask-they-gave-to-burrow-and-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/50573\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL insider claims Cincinnati Bengals won\u2019t give Hendrickson specific contract ask they gave to Burrow and Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/cincinnati-bengals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cincinnati Bengals\u2019<\/a> biggest stars, a top NFL insider claims the team is balking at giving him the contract guarantees they gave to Joe Burrow, Tee Higgins, and Ja\u2019Marr Chase.<\/p>\n<p>With NFL free agency and the draft in the rearview, the focus around the league is on minicamps and contract disputes. The biggest in the league right now is between the Bengals and four-time Pro Bowler Trey Hendrickson. The star defensive end is in the final year of his contract and understandably wants a new long-term deal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hendrickson and the team would like to avoid a training camp hold-in. But various reports \u2014 including from the player \u2014 have claimed the two sides are still far apart on a deal. He is one of their best players on defense. Retaining him would seem like a priority. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45127336\/2025-nfl-offseason-10-teams-questions-explaining-missed-moves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano<\/a> believes the current divide is that he wants the same long-term guarantees as other stars on the team. And the Bengals aren\u2019t budging.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Hendrickson stats (2024): 17.5 sacks, 46 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 36 QB hits<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bengals\u2019 long-held rule was to guarantee no money outside of the first year \u2014 specifically, the signing bonus,\u201d Graziano wrote. \u201cThey broke this rule for quarterback Joe Burrow a couple of years ago and broke it again this year for Chase and Higgins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know for a fact that future-year guarantees are the holdup in Hendrickson\u2019s deal. But it\u2019s a fair assumption to make based on what I\u2019ve heard from sources. And if you\u2019re wondering why it would be a holdup for Hendrickson when it wasn\u2019t for Burrow, Chase, and Higgins, the answer is age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The defensive superstar will turn 31 in December. Burrow will hit 29 the same month, while Chase is 25 and Higgins is 26. All three already have higher value because of how the game is played today. But just entering their prime years is a key part of why Cincinnati is willing to make a guaranteed investment in them. It could be argued that Hendrickson is starting to exit his prime years heading into the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>More Cincinnati Bengals news and rumors: <\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite being one of the Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 biggest stars, a top NFL insider claims the team is balking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3534,256,4153,7,17081,17082,1577,6,2978,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-50573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-chase","9":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","10":"tag-dan-graziano","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-frank-bowen","13":"tag-imagn-imagesfrank-bowen","14":"tag-joe-burrow","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-tee-higgins","17":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114508734354171271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50573","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=50573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}