Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor stated Tuesday that he has spoken with disgruntled defensive finish Trey Hendrickson.
That stated, Taylor did not expose rather more in the best way of an replace to reporters on Hendrickson, who instructed reporters final week that he acquired a textual content from Taylor relating to fines for potential missed necessary minicamp from June 10-12.
“I put a whole lot of time into pondering — these conditions, there’s actual cash at stake,” Taylor stated. “So I put a whole lot of time and vitality into excited about learn how to talk, when to speak. And so, that is simply how I dealt with that one. And, yeah, Trey and I’ve spoken.
“I believe each state of affairs is exclusive. Each character is totally different, each participant is totally different. The timing of every little thing is totally different. So, you simply adapt as you go along with that stuff.”
Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow, who beforehand lent his help to vast receiver Tee Higgins in his bid to obtain a contract extension, stated he values all that Hendrickson has dropped at the crew.
“We’ll see what occurs with that,” Burrow stated of Hendrickson’s state of affairs. “You understand how I really feel about Trey. He is a man who deserves to receives a commission and receives a commission what he needs and what the market says he deserves.”
Final Tuesday, Hendrickson instructed reporters that he is not going to play the upcoming season with the Bengals on his present contract. The four-time Professional Bowl choice touched on a number of matters earlier than sharing that he acquired a textual content from Taylor on what would occur if he did not take part within the crew’s necessary exercise.
“Slightly bit transpired between me and Zac,” Hendrickson stated final week. “We have tried to maintain it the least quantity private as attainable. However sooner or later on this course of, it turns into private. Being despatched 30 days earlier than necessary camp, or nevertheless many days it’s that if I do not present up, I might be fined, alludes to the truth that one thing will not get finished in that timeframe, and that, with the shortage of communication post-draft made it evidently clear from my celebration, which means my spouse, my son, my agent, proper? Like we’re speaking a small group of individuals, that I needed to inform (them) that this may not work out.
“And that is unlucky. I do not assume it was mandatory. I believe all of us ought to have hoped for one of the best till confirmed in any other case.”
Hendrickson, 30, led the NFL and matched his profession excessive with 17.5 sacks in 17 begins final season, including 46 tackles and 36 quarterback hits with two pressured fumbles.
He has one yr remaining on a contract extension he signed in 2023 with a base wage of $15.8 million for 2025.
Negotiations reportedly resumed in March after the Bengals signed vast receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Higgins to extensions price $161 million and $115 million, respectively.
Hendrickson’s market worth as a defensive finish has climbed this offseason with the Las Vegas Raiders signing Maxx Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million deal and the Cleveland Browns conserving Myles Garrett with a four-year, $160 million contract.
Hendrickson has made the Professional Bowl in every of his 4 seasons in Cincinnati. He has 77 profession sacks in 110 video games (81 begins) with the New Orleans Saints (2017-20) and Bengals.
–Discipline Degree Media