{The Ultimate Bengals Offseason Extravaganza Thread}

[BFritz21]

(04-10-2025, 10:42 AM)PhilHos Wrote: We are not trading Hendrickson for a pick swap and a 3rd. Bengals will NOT do that deal. Maybe a 2nd and a 1st round pick swap, but honestly, I feel like the Bengals will not trade Hendrickson for anything less than a 1st round pick straight up.

I doubt we will but I've been looking for solutions to this whole issue and I'm just hoping that we can come out ahead. 

StripeHype thinks says an NFL insider (Tony Pauline) thinks that we'll trade Hendrickson if we can get a pass rusher in the first:

Quote:"The overwhelming feeling in the league is that the Cincinnati Bengals, who own the 17th pick, will determine if there’s a run on edge rushers during the second half of round 1. If the Bengals take an edge rusher, the floodgates are expected to open up, and at least seven, or possibly eight, will be drafted before Day 1 is through," Pauline wrote. "Many tell me the Bengals will do exactly that. Take an edge rusher with the 17th pick, and then trade Trey Hendrickson on draft weekend or soon after the seven rounds are completed."

That makes it sound like we're not focused on trading up to take an edge rusher but could still get picks for him.


If there's a run on edge rushers in the first, then maybe we could take one at 17 and then trade Hendrickson to one of the teams looking for an edge rusher to get back into the back half of the first and take a guard or Nolen. 

I'm praying we do that because I think we're setting ourselves up for failure if we give Trey a lot of money and a big extension, unless it's only two years, but even then I feel like the money could be better spent elsewhere.