Trey Hendrickson is staying put in Cincinnati.
The Bengals are giving the disgruntled edge rusher a $14 million raise this season, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He’ll now make $30 million in 2025 and hit free agency at the season’s end.
The 30-year-old First Team All-Pro has recorded 17.5 sacks in back-to-back seasons. The Patriots had called Cincinnati to check in on Hendrickson earlier this summer, according Armando Salguero, though it’s unknown how serious those discussions where.
Hendrickson was the second irked superstar to re-sign with his current team on Monday, as Commanders wideout Terry McLaurin inked a lucrative three-year extension with Washington earlier in the day.
Last week at Gillette Stadium, VP of player personnel Ryan Cowden spoke about the challenges of getting any trade done.
“There’s so many layers and complications and little nuances about every deal,” Cowden said. “Whether that’s a little deal, whether that’s a big deal or it’s a backup player or maybe an elite player.
“Our job is to constantly come up with ideas, brainstorm suggestions about players at all levels. And the acquisition of those players isn’t as easy sometimes. It takes two sides. Sometimes the player has say. And we have to be really intentional about moves we make because any move we make sends a message to the rest of the football team.”
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