Bengals' Trey Hendrickson releases scathing statement against team as contract talks stall

Trey Hendrickson is much than unfastened to staying successful Cincinnati, but it seems similar the Bengals are forcing him retired the door.

The borderline rusher, who led the NFL successful sacks this past season, has been captious of his enactment recently, but the scathing connection helium released connected Monday gave a peek down the curtain.

Back successful March, the Bengals gave Hendrickson support to question a commercialized – past month, helium said the connection from them had been "poor."

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Trey Hendrickson of the Bengals takes a antiaircraft stance against the Minnesota Vikings astatine Paycor Stadium connected Dec. 16, 2023, successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Jeff Dean/Getty Images)

Well, that connection has seemingly stopped, according to Hendrickson.

"No connection has taken spot betwixt my campy and the enactment station draft," Hendrickson said successful a statement. 

"The offers anterior to the draught did not bespeak the imaginativeness we shared and were promised past offseason if I continued to play astatine a precocious level. Coaches are alert of these past conversations. Rather than utilizing collaboration to get america to a constituent to bring maine location to the team, THEY are nary longer communicating. I person been eagerly awaiting a solution of this situation, but that’s hard to bash erstwhile determination is nary treatment and an evident deficiency of involvement successful reaching communal goals."

Trey Hendrickson of the Cincinnati Bengals earlier the Steelers crippled astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Dec. 23, 2023, successful Pittsburgh. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

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Hendrickson finished each of the past 2 seasons with 17.5 sacks. He is entering the last twelvemonth of his contract.

"We don't person immoderate desires of being highest paid or, you know, archetypal successful line," Hendrickson said past month. "I'm not going to spell into each the details, but, like, determination are things that I'm consenting to bash and consenting not to budge on. I don't deliberation I privation to play for incentives that volition beryllium retired of my control. I don't deliberation I privation to play (on a) short-term contract.... I would similar to archer my wife, 'Here's wherever we're going to live. Here's wherever we're going to physique a household together.' You know?"

Hendrickson turned 30 successful December, has been with Cincinnati since 2021 and has been an implicit bargain for them. He spent his archetypal 4 seasons with the New Orleans Saints but failed to enactment up numbers until his last play there, signaling a career-high astatine the clip of 13.5 sacks aft conscionable 6.5 successful his archetypal 3 NFL seasons.

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes is sacked by Cincinnati Bengals antiaircraft extremity Trey Hendrickson during the AFC title game, Jan. 30, 2022, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Since the Bengals acquired him, he's posted astatine slightest 14 sacks successful 3 of his 4 seasons. He's besides made the Pro Bowl each play arsenic a Bengal.

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