Trey Hendrickson Update

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(05-18-2025, 04:46 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Which is probably why the Bengals offer was 28 million. He declined.

Yeah. But the offer is $28, not his current deal.

 And an outside DE or Ossai + a pick always seemed like the plan. Not both. Trey, Murphy, and Johnson are under contract. That's 5. With Trey + the pick or Ossai as the staters + Murphy the top 4. Johnson was pretty good in limited snaps. And they brought Sample back. He can even play inside some, though we'll see how he looks post injury. 

I mean, I get your point. Trey has almost no leverage. He is under contract this year (at $16) and we can tag him twice. The DE tag for 2025 is $22 mil. Say it goes up to $25 in 2026 and $30 in 2027. Big ifs. 16 + 25 + 30 = 71. And that is year to year, no guarantees. $41 over the first two. 

$28 mil x 2 is $56. $15 more. That ain't peanuts. 

Trey wants Hunter's deal ($35.6 mil) or better ,with more years. Hunter is 30. Same as Trey.

We should give it to him. Fully guaranteed 1st year, mostly guaranteed 2nd, and partially guaranteed 3rd. 

Garrett got 6/$205 with $124 guaranteed. 4 year extension. He is 29. 

Crosby got 3/$103 with $91 guaranteed. Crosby is 27. 

Garrett is younger & better. Trey is better than Crosby or Hunter. 

Maybe the APY should be lower than Hunter's with a longer deal. 

But crap, whatcare we talking about here? $3-$4 mil. Get rid of Volson or Pratt and get it done.