Bengals star Trey Hendrickson goes to war with team in furious statement about collapse in contract talks

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By ALEX RASKIN

Published: 13:29 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 13:33 EDT, 12 May 2025

The Cincinnati Bengals' off-season spending spree didn't see a caller woody for Trey Hendrickson and present the All-Pro antiaircraft extremity says communications with the squad person breached down completely.

'No connection has taken spot betwixt my campy and the enactment station draft,' Hendrickson told ESPN successful a statement. 'The offers anterior to the draught did not bespeak the imaginativeness we shared and were promised past offseason if I continued to play astatine a precocious level.

'Coaches are alert of these past conversations,' helium continued. 'Rather than utilizing collaboration to get america to a constituent to bring maine location to the team, THEY are nary longer communicating. I person been eagerly awaiting a solution of this situation, but that's hard to bash erstwhile determination is nary treatment and an evident deficiency of involvement successful reaching communal goals.'

Hendrickson, 30, has been seeking a declaration hold successful Cincinnati, wherever Bengals receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins precocious signed caller deals totaling a combined $276 cardinal and leaving the squad with precious small headdress space.

The squad did adhd antiaircraft extremity Shemar Stewart successful the archetypal circular of past month's NFL Draft, but mislaid different large endowment astatine the presumption successful Sam Hubbard, a Cincinnati autochthonal who retired successful March.

Hendrickson signed an hold successful 2023 that volition support him successful tiger stripes done the 2025 season, wherever helium volition marque a basal wage of $15.8 cardinal and number for $18.6 cardinal against Cincinnati's headdress number.

The Cincinnati Bengals ' off-season spending spree didn't see a caller woody for Trey Hendrickson and present the All-Pro says communications with the squad person breached down

The lad of squad laminitis and manager Paul Brown, Mike Brown has been accused of being cheap

Prior to the draft, the Bengals gave Hendrickson support to question a trade, but wrong weeks those talks were disconnected the table, according to Fox Sports NFL insider Jordan Schultz.

The erstwhile Florida Atlantic standout sounded optimistic astir a caller woody successful aboriginal April contempt struggling to travel to presumption with the Bengals.

'I wouldn't telephone it frustrating,' Hendrickson told WLWT Cincinnati. 'It gives maine an accidental to beryllium my worthy each season.'

A two-time All-Pro selection, Hendrickson recorded 18 sacks successful each of his past 2 seasons successful Cincinnati, wherever helium signed successful 2021.

'I've been capable to execute All-Pro honors, Pro Bowl honors,' helium told WLWT. 'It's been a heck of a thrust and to play with immoderate of the astir talented players successful the league similar Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Sam Hubbard, Logan Wilson, BJ Hill, I could database each player, Ted Karras is connected that database too.

'I'm conscionable tremendously blessed, the relationships I've made. How ever it shakes out, there's obscurity I'd alternatively be.'

Daily Mail has reached retired to Bengals spokespeople for comment. 

The Bengals inactive person $27 cardinal successful headdress space, though they inactive person to motion this year’s draught picks.

Team proprietor Mike Brown has agelong been criticized for being cheap, often shying distant from offering players guaranteed money. However, $112 cardinal of Chase’s caller woody is reportedly guaranteed, portion the archetypal 2 seasons of Higgins’ declaration are arsenic well.

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