{"id":784667,"date":"2026-03-01T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784667\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:17:13","slug":"trey-hendrickson-bengals-update-from-nfl-combine-slightly-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784667\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Hendrickson, Bengals update from NFL combine slightly concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early signs were the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/test-post-221407100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-attempting-trey-hendrickson-tag-153845199.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:apply a franchise tag to Trey Hendrickson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">apply a franchise tag to Trey Hendrickson<\/a>, letting them retain control and open tag-and-trade possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>But things have changed around the NFL combine.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48045815\/2026-nfl-combine-latest-buzz-news-rumors-free-agency-draft-qbs-trades-offseason\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeremy Fowler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jeremy Fowler<\/a>, \u201cmost around the league would be surprised\u201d to see a tag from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals<\/a> at this point.<\/p>\n<p>One has to wonder if the Bengals didn\u2019t like what they heard at the combine.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, in mid-February, a report said the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/trey-hendricksons-bengals-future-hits-103105652.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals will get the temperature of Hendrickson\u2019s market;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals will get the temperature of Hendrickson\u2019s market<\/a> while the entire league was at the combine. That might open a door to a tag-and-trade scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Hendrickson\u2019s market was always going to be questionable. He\u2019s technically the top overall free agent, yes. But he\u2019s also 31, coming off an injury and wants a big long-term deal.<\/p>\n<p>From an outsider\u2019s perspective, other teams know the tough spot the Bengals sit in and wouldn\u2019t necessarily save them from the $30.2 million lump sum if they apply the tag.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Getting nothing for Hendrickson\u2019s departure except a delayed compensatory pick, if even that, would be a sour way for things to shape up for the Bengals. But decisions made to this point have created the scenario, and barring a shocker, it sounds like they won\u2019t exercise more control over the situation with a tag.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/03\/01\/trey-hendrickson-bengals-franchise-tag-update-nfl-combine\/88932871007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trey Hendrickson, Bengals franchise tag update from NFL combine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trey Hendrickson, Bengals franchise tag update from NFL combine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early signs were the Cincinnati Bengals would apply a franchise tag to Trey Hendrickson, letting them retain control&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,32472,6388,6,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-784667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-franchise-tag","14":"tag-jeremy-fowler","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116154823362189832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784667","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=784667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}