The Cincinnati Bengals at least have Trey Hendrickson with the team now and not hanging out in Florida. But the defensive end isn't practicing, isn't playing and doesn't plan to do either unless he gets a new contract. Hendrickson has reiterated time and again that he's not going to take the field this season for his current $16 million salary.

ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler provided some insight Thursday into star pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson's contract negotiations with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bengals and Trey Hendrickson appear to be in agreement on AAV, but guarantees remain an issue. Read PFR for more.

Trey Hendrickson's ongoing hold-in as he waits for a resolution to his contract standoff with the Cincinnati Bengals, the four-time Pro Bowler is on the depth chart leading into the team's first preseason game.

The Cincinnati Bengals were tied for the seventh-fewest sacks in the entire NFLin 2024 with 36. That’s not good, and it’s also not good that the manresponsible for 17.5 (48.6%) of those is under contract,

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“I think you have to sign him,” he said on Wednesday. “You have a proven chaotic, chaos, disturber in the backfield with all those sacks. We don’t have one of those guys right now. At least none of the guys have proven to do that, so we need to sign Trey, get him in there, and get him ready to go up by the lake for the first game (at Cleveland).

Trey Hendrickson is ending his holdout and will report to the Cincinnati Bengals on Wednesday. That's according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced.