NFL star Trey Hendrickson rips Bengals' brass over 'poor' communication during contract negotiations

Trey Hendrickson has spent his past 4 NFL seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. The prima walk rusher has conscionable 1 twelvemonth remaining connected his declaration with the Bengals and precocious requested support to question a trade.

Despite the commercialized request, Hendrickson hopes to stay successful Cincinnati. 

"However it shakes out, there's obscurity I'd alternatively be," helium said successful aboriginal March. 

During the NFL Scouting Combine successful Indianapolis, Bengals manager of unit Duke Tobin suggested the squad and Hendrickson's cause were making advancement connected a caller declaration for the prima antiaircraft end.

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

However, Bengals enforcement vice president Katie Blackburn's caller comments astatine the league's yearly gathering did not springiness credence to Tobin's remarks. Blackburn's words prompted a frustrated Hendrickson to telephone retired the enactment for an evident deficiency of connection successful caller months.

"That was a small disappointing, due to the fact that connection has been mediocre implicit the past mates months," Hendrickson told "The Pat McAfee Show" successful notation to Blackburn's remarks.

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"That's thing that I clasp successful precocious regard. They person not communicated with my cause directly. It's been thing that's been a small spot frustrating."

Cincinnati Bengals antiaircraft extremity Trey Hendrickson aft a antiaircraft halt Dec. 19, 2021, astatine Empower Field successful Denver, Colo. (Albert Cesare/The Enquirer/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Hendrickson added that talks with the Bengals person mostly been "here and there."

Hendrickson finished each of the past 2 seasons with 17½ sacks. His estimated basal wage of conscionable implicit $15 cardinal for adjacent play pales successful examination to his counterparts. Myles Garrett agreed to a record-breaking declaration hold with the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason. The woody volition wage Garrett astir $40 cardinal annually.

Las Vegas Raiders walk rusher Maxx Crosby inked a three-year hold past period and volition marque an estimated $35.5 cardinal per season.

Gardner Minshew II (10) of the Indianapolis Colts is sacked by Trey Hendrickson (91) of the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Paycor Stadium Dec. 10, 2023, successful Cincinnati. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

"I deliberation helium [Hendrickson] should beryllium blessed astatine definite rates that possibly helium doesn't deliberation he'd beryllium blessed at," Blackburn said Tuesday. "I deliberation immoderate of it is connected him to beryllium blessed astatine immoderate point, and if he's not, you know, that's what holds it up sometimes. So, you know, it takes him to accidental yes to something. And, also, we person each the respect successful the satellite for him. He's been a large player. We're blessed to person him. And truthful possibly we'll find a mode to get thing to work. We're conscionable gonna spot wherever it goes."

Despite the latest crook of events, Hendrickson said the "line of communication" remains unfastened connected his end.

"They're much than invited to telephone me," Hendrickson said. "I've had my cellphone, aforesaid cellphone fig since precocious school. Open enactment of connection is ever unfastened with maine and my agent. So, if they person thing they'd similar to discuss, we've been thing but consenting to listen."

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Hendrickson made it wide helium was looking for a semipermanent contract, not a short-term deal.

"We don't person immoderate desires of being highest paid or, you know, archetypal successful line," helium said. "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?"

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