{"id":786127,"date":"2026-03-02T06:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786127\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T06:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T06:50:46","slug":"bengals-wont-rule-out-trey-hendrickson-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786127\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals Won’t Rule Out Trey Hendrickson Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson<\/a> is set to be an unrestricted free agent when the new league year starts, and the Bengals were said to be<\/a> gauging his value at the combine to potentially trade or tag him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati director of player personnel Duke Tobin didn\u2019t entirely shut the door on Hendrickson coming back. While he didn\u2019t sound convicted either way, Tobin at least kept a return for Hendrickson on the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI never will rule out any possibility,\u201d Tobin said, via SiriusXM NFL Radio<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s a good football player. So, is there a chance he\u2019ll be with us? We\u2019re in the business of good football players, so I can\u2019t rule it out. But I don\u2019t know what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also talked about potentially using the tag but admitted the timing of the combine prevents him from speaking too much on it because it would reveal their intentions to the rest of the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in terms of the tag, we\u2019re still moving through that. I don\u2019t have a definite answer there. We have resources, and how we deploy them are things that will come out. Unfortunately, this event never really provides me an opportunity to be transparent. It really doesn\u2019t because it falls when it falls. We\u2019re not gonna announce our intentions for the 31 other teams to know, well, you know, it is or it isn\u2019t. And maybe internally, we\u2019re still struggling with the dynamic of exactly how to best go about this. That\u2019s where we are at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hendrickson held out the whole offseason and into training camp while seeking a long-term deal that he felt fairly reflected his production over the last few years. Ultimately, the two sides compromised on a one-year raise to keep him in Cincinnati for the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He picked up a core injury in Week 6 and re-aggravated it when trying to play through it in Week 8. He ultimately wasn\u2019t able to return from the injury.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hendrickson, 31, was selected with the No. 103 overall pick by the Saints out of Florida Atlantic in 2017. He finished his four-year rookie contract worth $3,106,288, which included a signing bonus of $706,284.<\/p>\n

Hendrickson then signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Bengals back in 2021 and went on to appear in the Super Bowl for the team. Cincinnati signed him to a one-year extension through 2025 in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was due a base salary of $15.8 million in the final year of his contract in 2025 when he and the team agreed to a $14 million raise to resolve a holdout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2025, Hendrickson appeared in seven games for the Bengals, recording 16 total tackles, four sacks, one forced fumble and a pass deflection.<\/p>\n

We have him included in our Top 100 \u2013 2026 NFL Free Agents<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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