Surprised they released Bryan the DT.

Hendrickson finally got paid.

50 minutes ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Hendrickson finally got paid.

One year deal. $14 million raise.

Nice pay raise for Hendrickson but not the long term deal he was supposed to be after. 

2 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

Nice pay raise for Hendrickson but not the long term deal he was supposed to be after. 

And if he has another good year the tag is coming. 

Defense just got considerably better. It still needs work but it will definitely be better than it would have been.

3 hours ago, Pi said:

And if he has another good year the tag is coming. 

I don't think so. The Bengals aren't going to get stuck paying top 5 money to a 32 year old DE.

9 hours ago, Pi said:

And if he has another good year the tag is coming. 

I saw that the estimated franchise tag price will be around $38M.  I would be surprised if the team went that route.  I like the $30M deal that is in place for this season but I am assuming this is his last year with the Bengals.  

9 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Defense just got considerably better. It still needs work but it will definitely be better than it would have been.

I agree the defense got better and I like the deal they made at $30M.  BUT, this is basically the same defense as last year with a new coordinator and it ranked 28th in overall defense.  I haven’t seen anything that makes me think this defense is good enough with or without Trey this season.

I expect them to tag Hendrickson and try to trade him for a high draft pick before the draft.

1 hour ago, FatNate said:

I agree the defense got better and I like the deal they made at $30M.  BUT, this is basically the same defense as last year with a new coordinator and it ranked 28th in overall defense.  I haven’t seen anything that makes me think this defense is good enough with or without Trey this season.

I think Shemar Stewart will help the defense especially with Hendrickson back.

1 minute ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I think Shemar Stewart will help the defense especially with Hendrickson back.

I hope so, because Ossai and Murphy did not show a lot this preseason.

Just now, nkypete said:

I hope so, because Ossai and Murphy did not show a lot this preseason.

You are correct they did not! My hope is with Hendrickson on the field and teams have to focus on him will help the others. I hope!!

1 hour ago, TribeTime said:

I expect them to tag Hendrickson and try to trade him for a high draft pick before the draft.

That doesn’t sound like a very Bengals like move.  Risk paying a guy top market to make a trade where the value of the pick is unknown.

A tag would cost $38 million next year. No chance the Bengals are dumb enough to hush him walk. They’ll tag him and get what they want in the draft.