{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

[WeezyBengal]

(03-25-2025, 05:58 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: This article suggests trading Hendrickson to the Packers for three draft picks, which would be too good of a deal to pass up, imco:


He has put up a crazy amount of sacks the past few years but, like it says, that hasn't translated to much success for our defense overall.

He's hitting thirty and, let's be honest, even if he were to repeat the previous few years' success, how long would it be before he completely falls off or even to a level that wouldn't even come close to justifying that kind of salary?

This trade would give us the ability to draft one of the better guards and still have the ability to draft our other needs, including at least one pass rusher, or it gives us trade capital to get a guard or end.

I know we're the most stubborn team in pro sports history, but we really need to make this happen because we can't have that much money tied up in four players, and Hendrickson's the odd man out because he'll be thirty.

I'd be on the phone accepting this deal before they could even receive the email reply!

Just because he's 30 doesn't mean he's going to just start sucking. There are a TON of players that have been successful in this league past their 30th birthday. 

Him being 30 does matter, but it matters in the context of the contract he gets. 

Am I signing him to a 5 year extension? No. Would I be willing to do a 2 year extension on what he currently has? Sure. No reason to believe that wouldn't be a good thing for the Bengals. 

Also, I keep seeing "We can't tie up all of our money into so many players". OK, so who do you want to give the money to? The Bengals are going to have a plethora of cap space next year. Who do you want to spend it on? Who's worthy of an extension?