{"id":18169,"date":"2025-03-21T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18169"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:21:46","slug":"nfl-rumors-entirely-possible-cincinnati-bengals-star-sits-out-2025-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18169","title":{"rendered":"NFL RUMORS: &#8216;Entirely possible&#8217; Cincinnati Bengals star sits out 2025 NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2560,height=1707,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NFL-Pittsburgh-Steelers-at-Cincinnati-Bengals-24887317-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"NFL Rumors: 'Entirely possible' Cincinnati Bengals star sits out 2025 NFL  season\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has been at the center of NFL rumors since the franchise granted him permission to seek a trade. With the All-Pro edge rusher still on the Bengals roster and the two sides not close to a contract extension, drastic action is reportedly on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Hendrickson, age 30, wanted a new multi-year extension last offseason. Cincinnati didn\u2019t come to terms on a new deal and it has already backfired. He recorded 17-plus sacks for the second consecutive year, earning his first All-Pro selection and finishing second for Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trey Hendrickson stats<\/strong>: 54 pressures, 36 QB hits, 19 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A career-best season already pushed Hendrickson\u2019s asking price up even higher. Then, the Cleveland Browns (Myles Garrett, $40 million average annual value) and Las Vegas Raiders (Maxx Crosby, $35.5 million AAV) made their prized edge rushers two of the highest paid NFL players in 2025. Cincinnati is now looking at having to pay north of $33 million per year for its four-time Pro Bowl selection.<\/p>\n<p>Many around the NFL are skeptical of that happening. THe Bengals already extended Tee Higgins, Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Joe Burrow with a commitment of more than $120 million per season to three players. If Hendrickson is also extended, which the team is attempting, Cincinnati would be devoting more than half of its cap space to just four players. However, failing to extend Hendrickson could also have consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on <em>SportsCenter<\/em>, senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler said \u201cit\u2019s entirely possible\u201d that Hendrickson will sit out the entire 2025 season without a long-term deal. While it is a step rarely taken by players, Fowler said sitting out all of next season is Hendrickson\u2019s \u201cmindset\u201d as of now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trey Hendrickson contract (Spotrac):<\/strong>\u00a0$18.666 million cap hit in 2025, NFL free agent in 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It would be a devastating blow for the Bengals\u2019 defense, a unit that is already viewed as one of the worst NFL defenses in 2025 even with Hendrickson. Even losing him for a few regular-season games would leap to an evaporated pass rush, further exposing a secondary that has its own problems.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a very real possibility that Hendrickson\u2019s camp is leaking this information with the hopes of forcing the Bengals\u2019 hand. Burrow put leverage on the front office to extend both Higgins and Chase, it worked out. Now, Hendrickson is creating his own pressure on the franchise. Given the Bengals\u2019 intentions of competing for a Super Bowl next season, Hendrickson\u2019s threat could carry some weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL rumors: Amid a Trey Hendrickson contract dispute, the Cincinnati Bengals could now not have their All-Pro edge rusher all season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL RUMORS: &#039;Entirely possible&#039; Cincinnati Bengals star sits out 2025 NFL season - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18169\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NFL RUMORS: &#039;Entirely possible&#039; 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