Cincy Jungle
Not great, Bob.
Well, things aren’t going well with the Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson.
On Monday, Hendrickson released a statement to ESPN, saying that the Bengals have not been in communication with him following the NFL Draft, despite several reports saying there had been talks ongoing.
“No communication has taken place between my camp and the organization post draft,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on Twitter of Hendrickson’s statement. “The offers prior to the draft did not reflect the vision we shared and were promised last offseason if I continued to play at a high level. Coaches are aware of these past conversations.
“Rather than using collaboration to get us to a point to bring me home to the team, THEY are no longer communicating. I have been eagerly awaiting a resolution of this situation, but that’s hard to do when there is no discussion and an evident lack of interest in reaching mutual goals.”
The Bengals have handled this about as poorly as possible. If not for re-signing Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase, this would have been nothing short of a disastrous offseason (and we know that Chase effectively forced the Bengals to re-sign Higgins).
It’s getting harder and harder to see Hendrickson in Cincinnati beyond 2025.
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