Report: 'Dwindling' NFL Interest in Trading For Trey Hendrickson

Cincinnati was 'far apart' in contract talks with the pass rusher.

Nov 5, 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson (91) pushes against Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid (86) in the second half at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images / Katie Stratman-Imagn Images

CINCINNATI — The 33rd Team's Ari Meirov gave the latest look at a ghost-town trade market for Trey Hendrickson. Cincinnati's asking price, Hendrickson's age, and the happenings in free agency have him pretty convinced a trade isn't close to imminent.

Hendrickson is entering his age 31 season on the final year of his Bengals deal.

"The one team that maybe they thought maybe they could get to make this happen was the Buffalo Bills," Meirov noted on NFL Spotlight With Ari Meirov. "I don't think the Bills and Bengals would have actually been able to work out a trade, because they're such competitors here in the AFC, but the Bills ended up pivoting to signing Joey Bosa, so they're out of this. The Commanders were interested, but they just traded for Laremy Tunsil. They're kind of limited on picks. Now, the Atlanta Falcons have been mentioned as well, but that's kind of cooled down. The teams that would be interested in Trey Hendrickson is kind of dwindling.

"There's three pieces to tango here. There's getting a team that wants Trey, a team that's willing to pay Trey the money he wants, and a team willing to pay the Bengals what they want, which is believed to be a first-round pick, and more. So that's a pretty expensive asking price over here as well, with the asking price of Trey Hendrickson, which is believed to be at the top of the market, or close to the top of the market, of where some of these elite pass rushers are getting. So the idea of this trade actually coming together is starting to feel very, very difficult for it to happen over here."

If teams are willing to pay Hendrickson but don't want to pay up extra with draft capital and a new deal, then it's pretty clear the two sides need to get back to the negotiating table after being "so far apart."

"I'm kind of starting to wonder over here, do the two sides try to restart talks over an extension they were just so far apart last time, and I don't know how they're going to bridge that gap," Meirov concluded. "We'll see what ends up happening over here, but the trade request happened, the approval happened and now that he got it, it's like, this is kind of difficult right now and it's just not happening."

Cincinnati still hasn't signed one of its stars up for a new contract this offseason as of this writing.

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