Big yikes.
During Monday’s media luncheon, Bengals owner Mike Brown expressed optimism that the team would get a deal done with Trey Hendrickson.
You’ll be stunned to hear that Brown was apparently selling BS, again.
According to Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz, the Bengals’ recent contract talks with Hendrickson were anything but productive. Schultz noted that the talks get “very contentious” before Hendrickson ultimately left town and is now training in Florida, where he has an offseason residence.
Making this even more painful to stomach is the fact that Hendrickson said he was willing to take less to get a deal done, according to ESPN’s Diana Russini, but the Bengals’ recent offers were nothing short of insulting.
Unless something changes dramatically in the coming weeks, we’re not going to see Hendrickson back in Cincinnati anytime soon.
While many have scoffed at the idea of Hendrickson missing regular-season games, that scenario now appears to be a very real possibility, if not a likelihood, unless the Bengals make a significantly better offer.
So much for the Bengals having a training camp without a major holdout.
Multiple sources described the last round of talks between Trey Hendrickson and the #Bengals as “very contentious” — and that it’s been a “very difficult” negotiation all offseason long.
Hendrickson has publicly said he won’t play this season without a new deal, and the team is… https://t.co/Jr5VjpIIr8 pic.twitter.com/AJjGTP3ok9
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) July 22, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Just spoke to Bengals pass rusher Trey Hendrickson, who is currently in Jacksonville, FL. For the last 30 days, he had been at his home in Cincinnati and training.
But as training camp approached, he and his wife decided to leave.
They received two offers in a… pic.twitter.com/evlSdeWlpK
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) July 22, 2025
