{"id":813725,"date":"2026-03-15T12:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T12:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813725\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T12:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T12:27:49","slug":"colts-made-offer-to-trey-hendrickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813725\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts Made Offer To Trey Hendrickson"},"content":{"rendered":"

In re-signing quarterback Daniel Jones<\/a> and wide receiver Alec Pierce<\/a> for up to $204MM this week, the Colts made a pair of major investments at the outset of free agency. The Colts were also involved in the derby for defensive end Trey Hendrickson<\/a>, per ESPN\u2019s Stephen Holder of ESPN<\/a>, who reports they offered a deal worth around $25MM per year. That was not enough to match the Ravens\u2019 winning proposal of four years and $112MM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Ravens reeled in Hendrickson the day after a blockbuster Maxx Crosby<\/a> trade with the Raiders fell apart<\/a>. Had Crosby passed his physical and ended up in Baltimore, perhaps Indianapolis would have stood a better chance to sign Hendrickson (Ravens GM Eric DeCosta wanted to acquire both players<\/a>, though).<\/p>\n

In moving to Indianapolis, Hendrickson would have reunited with Colts defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo. While playing for Anarumo in Cincinnati from 2021-24, Hendrickson racked up a whopping 57 sacks and earned all four of his Pro Bowl nods.<\/p>\n

The Colts had been interested in the 31-year-old Hendrickson since his preseason holdout last summer, Holder relays. They were also in on Hendrickson<\/a> leading up to the Nov. 4 trade deadline, but the Bengals elected to keep him for the rest of the year. However, a nagging hip injury prevented Hendrickson from taking the field after Oct. 26. Hendrickson ended the season with four sacks in seven games, but he nevertheless earned a massive payday thanks to an elite track record as a pass rusher.<\/p>\n

The Colts\u2019 defense ranked a decent 15th in sacks last year, but it was a bottom-feeding 30th in pass rush win rate. They have since lost edge rushers Kwity Paye<\/a> and Samson Ebukam<\/a> to free agency. Paye signed a three-year, $48MM contract<\/a> with the Raiders, while Ebukam inked an undisclosed deal<\/a> with the Falcons. To replace those two, the Colts brought in Arden Key<\/a> for up to $20MM over two years<\/a> and Micheal Clemons<\/a> on a three-year, $17.5MM pact<\/a>. Key and Clemons are not close to Hendrickson\u2019s level, but the Colts will rely on the pair to provide useful complements to their top edge rusher, Laiatu Latu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In re-signing quarterback Daniel Jones and wide receiver Alec Pierce for up to $204MM this week, the Colts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,392,1503],"class_list":{"0":"post-813725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-indianapolis-colts","10":"tag-trey-hendrickson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116233194455857332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813725","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=813725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}