Bengals Trey Hendrickson joins Tee Higgins with trade request on eve of 2024 NFL Draft

Another Bengals star wants out of Cincinnati. Three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Trey Hendrickson requested a trade out of town, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday. The request comes more than a month after star wide receiver Tee Higgins requested a trade from the Bengals in early March. Hendrickson is under contract through the 2025 season and is due to make $15 million in 2024, but the Pro Bowler wants a longer-term deal than Cincinnati has been willing to offer. The Athletic reported the Bengals have “zero interest in dealing him and don’t intend to do so” which is a similar feeling they had after Higgins had wanted out. Hendrickson recorded a career-high 17.5 sacks last season and 43 tackles for the Bengals. Over the course of his three years with the Bengals, Hendrickson has had 39.5 sacks. Higgins had been franchise-tagged by the Bengals and already has said he expects to play for Cincinnati this upcoming season. At the time, Schefter reported that “Higgins loves Cincinnati and hoped to be with the team long term, but is disappointed that the team has not had any talks about a long-term contract extension since March 2023.He’s ready to move on to a new home.”While it doesn’t seem likely, if the Bengals were to deal Hendrickson before June 1 it would result in $7.8 million in dead money while saving $12.3 million in cap space, according to Over the Cap. A deal after June 1 would see a dead-money hit of $5.2 million and saves the team $15 million. The Bengals missed the playoffs for the first time after making it the previous two seasons, which included a trip to the Super Bowl in 2021, with a 9-8 record in the AFC North. ...