A tale of two DE's

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(08-07-2025, 01:12 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Good question, with Twatt it is even more fair because they are about the same age. But Twatt is still a better run stopper than Trey.

Garrett got paid big time because he is a younger dual threat End with still a ton of upside. Trey is a great pass rusher though and I 
understand wanting around 32-35 mil per year, but the Bengals paid a lot of dough out to Tee and made Ja'Marr the highest paid non
QB in the NFL. Sometimes you need to have a middle ground.

In the end if they get a deal done with Trey I will be really happy. I never thought they would be able to pay all 3 of our guys.

Well I think they at least need to get into the realm of $35+ mill, as that's Danielle Hunter money.

Comparing Hendrickson to Hunter last year:
Hunter is just over a month older than Hendrickson

PFF scores last year:
Hunter - 80.7 pass rush grade, 70.1 run defense grade. 66 total pressures (12.0 sacks)
Hendrickson - 90.4 pass rush grade, 65.9 run defense grade. 83 total pressures (17.5 sacks)

Yes, Hendrickson is not quite the run defender that Hunter, Garrett, and Watt are, but he's a better pass rusher than at least Hunter, and he really should be paid more than Hunter at least.
I'm not saying he needs or is demanding $40+ mill APY for 3 years, but offering him at least $35 mill APY is justified.
With that said, "worse" players always seem to end up getting more than some of their "better" counterparts and resetting the market, so it really just takes one team to offer Hendrickson $40+ mill or some new player to end up getting more than Garrett and Watt for Hendrickson to go "hey, I'm better than that guy, but you're only offering me $28 mill?"