Trey Hendrickson and Cincinnati Bengals negotiate against a contract extension after the two pages previously agreed to look for a trading partner for 2024 NFL Sacks leader.
According to Athletic, the Bengals try to keep Hendrickson in the long term while working through salary barriers.
The news comes one day after several reports the law agreed to sign broad recipients Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to massive contract extensions.
Chase, which entered the last year of its latest business, is reportedly lined up for a four -year, $ 161 million contract that includes $ 112 million guaranteed.
The annual average salary of $ 40.25 million sets the league record for the most lucrative for a non-quarter back.
Higgins reportedly agreed on a four -year, $ 115 million contract with the first two guaranteed. The Bengals had used the franchise company at Higgins for the second year in a row to prevent him from reaching unlimited free agency for the 2025 season. The one-year salary for Franchise-labeled broad recipients is $ 26.2 million.
Bengals and Higgins had a deadline on July 15 to meet a long -term contract agreement. Higgins said he wanted to stay with Cincinnati. His trading value set under the CBA’s terms on franchisees would be two first drafts of the first round, if the team could have found a freer for their No. 2 receiver.
The franchise tried to find out how to compensate two players in the same position as well as the entire team under the salary roof. The Bengals negotiated last season with Chase, which held out part of the training camp before deciding to play without a new business.
Hendrickson, 30, led the NFL with 17.5 bags last season. He has one year left on a contract extension which he signed in 2023 with a base Salaary of $ 15.8 million for 2025.
The market for defensive players has risen rapidly.
Raider’s defensive ending Maxx Crosby signed a record three -year, $ 106.5 million contract extension with Las Vegas in the latest signal where the market could be on its way to premium mass rusher. Crosby, 27, has 22 total bags in the last two seasons.
Then Cleveland Brown’s Star Defensive End Myles Garrett topped it with a reported four -year extension of $ 160 million which includes $ 123.5 million guaranteed.
At NFL Scouting Combine, Human Manager Duke Tobin said that Cincinnati was to hold Hendrickson, who was named the first team’s All-Pro last season and has a Liga-Hög 35 sacks since the beginning of the season 2023. During four seasons with the Bengals, Hendrickson recorded 57 bags and 11 forced.
Chase, which turned 25 on March 1, led the league in receptions (127), received farms (1,708) and touchdown receptions (17) and lap per match (100.5) in 17 matches (16 starts).
The Bengals chose Chase with the fifth overall election of the 2021 NFL draft from LSU, where he was a teammate of his quarterback in Cincinnati, twice Pro Bowl-Uval Joe Burrow.
For his career, Chase has 395 catches for 5,425 meters and 46 touchdowns in 62 regular seasonal games (61 starts). He also has 45 receptions for 588 meters and three TDs in seven playoffs (all starts).
He has been selected for Pro Bowl for all four seasons and was the first team all-pro 2024. Chase was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 2021.
Higgins, 26, played in 12 matches (nine starts) in 2024 and took 10 TD passes with 73 receptions for 911 meters. He has 34 career Touchdowns, 330 catches and 4595 meters in 70 regular seasonal games (62 starts) since he was selected in the second round of the 2020 draft.
The Bengals used number 1 in the same draft to choose Burrow, who has said he would be disappointed if Higgins does not come back.
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