Trey Hendrickson Posts Florida Freeway Picture Amid Bengals Contract Holdout

Because the Cincinnati Bengals kick off coaching camp, star defensive finish Trey Hendrickson stays away from the staff as he seeks an extension. Actually, he is in a distinct a part of the nation.

Hendrickson posted a photograph of himself driving on a Florida freeway to Instagram on Tuesday morning.

It is tough to inform which Florida freeway Hendrickson ventured on. Logic would say he received on Interstate 75 in Ohio and took the freeway all the best way right down to Florida. Who is aware of, perhaps Hendrickson then dared to go east and made the noble determination to hop on Interstate 95? May he be on his strategy to Miami? Perhaps Hendrickson is making a one-day journey to Epcot and driving as a result of he could not guide a flight?

Hendrickson has totaled 17.5 sacks in every of the previous two seasons and earned a Professional Bowl nod in every of his 4 seasons with the Bengals (2021-24), together with a 2024 All-Professional honor. Final yr, Hendrickson ranked fifth amongst edge defenders with a 90.4 pass-rush grade, eighth with an 88.1 general grade and 67th with a 65.9 run-defense grade, in keeping with Professional Soccer Focus. 

In all probability, the 30-year-old Hendrickson desires a contract and wage consistent with what four-time All-Execs Myles Garrett (four-year, $160 million extension with the Cleveland Browns) and T.J. Watt (three-year, $123 million extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers) signed for earlier this offseason.

Hendrickson was given permission to hunt a commerce in March after failing to achieve traction on an extension with the Bengals. In the meantime, Cincinnati signed extensive receivers Ja’Marr Chase (four-year, $161 million deal) and Tee Higgins (four-year, $115 million deal) and tight finish Mike Gesicki (three-year, $25.5 million deal) to new offers.

The Bengals, who’ve missed the playoffs in every of the previous two seasons, open the 2025 common season on the street in opposition to the AFC North-rival Cleveland Browns on Sept. 7 (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).

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