Bengals, All-Professional DE Trey Hendrickson Conform to New 1-12 months, $30 Million Deal

The Cincinnati Bengals are preserving one in all their key gamers, agreeing to a one-year, $30 million take care of All-Professional defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, per a number of reviews. Hendrickson can nonetheless turn out to be a free agent subsequent offseason.

Hendrickson and the Bengals had been in a contract dispute for just about your entire offseason, with Cincinnati permitting him to speak to different groups a couple of potential commerce at one level. Nonetheless, no deal got here to fruition, and Hendrickson wound up being a hold-in for a lot of coaching camp. 

Rumors of a potential commerce surrounding Hendrickson continued to swirl nicely into coaching camp and the preseason.

Previous to Monday, Hendrickson was initially owed $16 million for the ultimate 12 months of his contract, which was a comparatively measly quantity contemplating how a lot different prime edge rushers had been paid this offseason. T.J. Watt grew to become the most recent to earn a wealthy deal on the place, agreeing to a three-year, $123 million ($41 million per 12 months) take care of the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason. Micah Parsons looks as if a risk to interrupt that mark as nicely, however he is additionally in a contract dispute together with his crew and requested a commerce from the Dallas Cowboys earlier in August. 

Hendrickson, who racked up an NFL-leading 17.5 sacks final season, is the third member of the Bengals to get an enormous pay elevate this offseason. In March, Cincinnati signed extensive receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to file offers. 

Moreover, Hendrickson has additionally been good at producing strain. He had 83 pressures and was second in move rush win fee final season (24%). He has additionally completed within the prime 10 in move rush win fee amongst edge rushers in all 4 years he is been with the Bengals.

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