Bleacher Report’s James Palmer sees the star pass rusher staying in Cincinnati.
There has been a lot of back and forth this offseason with the Trey Hendrickson contract news.
But according to Bleacher Report’s James Palmer, eventually, the Cincinnati Bengals will have the star pass rusher back on the team to make another run at a Super Bowl.
Speaking with Kay Adams, the insider explained why he thinks Hendrickson stays in Cincinnati:
I do think something gets done [with the Bengals]. I think he ends up staying. I think that’s the most likely type of thing that ends up happening… You don’t make the deals for Ja’Marr [Chase] and Tee Higgins, and you have the deal in place for Joe [Burrow], and you push for all of those contracts to be done to not be on a Super Bowl pursuit. You can’t win a Super Bowl without a star pass rusher.
Palmer also mentioned that, while 30 years old, Hendrickson doesn’t seem to be slowing down at all.
And here’s why Palmer doesn’t think a trade will happen:
I just think it’s hard when you mentioned him getting moved when everyone’s already spent their money in free agency. They already went through the Draft and filled some holes there as well. The amount of money that you probably have to have, because you’re not going to trade for [Hendrickson] and not sign him. I’s gonna be a difficult process… Deals like this don’t happen trade wise at this point in the NFL calendar very often.
