Cincinnati Bengals -star Trey Hendrickson refers to team manager Katie Blackburn after she told reporters that the defending end would 'be happy' with the current wage rate in his position.
“I think he should be happy with certain rates that he might not think he would be happy,” Blackburn said reporters during the annual winter meetings of the NFL in Palm Beach, Florida earlier this week.
'I think that at some point a part is happy to be happy, and if he is not, you know, that's what it sometimes holds. So you know, it takes him to say '' yes '' something to something, and we also have the respect in the world for him. '
With his contract that ends after the 2025 season, Hendrickson and his agent were given permission to seek an exchange, only for Bengals director of player staff Duke Tobin to express his wish to sign the four-fold Pro Bowler for a long-term extension.
However, that deal still has to come out, and as Hendrickson said that ESPN's Pat McAfee, the comments from Blackburn, do not help the situation.
Bengals star Trey Hendrickson hits the Katie Blackburn team manager after she told reporters that the defending end should be 'happy' with the range of contract extension he received
Bengal Exec Katie Blackburn said that Hendrickson should be happy with the offer he receives
“Open line of communication is always open with me and my agent, so if they have something they want to discuss, we have been nothing but willing to listen,” he said.
“Because of this process, communication, when I say it has been bad, it has been here and there.”
Hendrickson made it clear that he does not make the team the mistake of signing star recipients Ja'MARR Chase and Tee Higgins to four -year extensions of a total of $ 276 million in total value. On the contrary, Hendrickson wishes that he knew that the team would give priority to the recipients before he went to his contract situation.
“And respect for Ja'MARR and TEE,” Hendrickson told McAfee. 'I don't want to take anything from all the great things they have achieved in their career. They deserve everything they have received, and they will undoubtedly excel in the National Football League. I have a huge respect for both.
“But if it comes to my situation, it would have been nice to know in some ways, such as:” Hey, we're going to put you in the queue “” No problem with me. '
And although the season is away for five months, Hendrickson emphasized that this is a matter of urgency, given that organized team activities start later this month.
Ja'MARR Chase (1) and broad recipient T -piece Higgins (5) watch the scoreboard towards the end of the match against the New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals on 8 September
What is more, the Bengal lost their other starting defensive ending, Sam Hubbard, who abruptly retired at the age of 29 after the 2024 season.
“If you have things like OTAs and boys like Sam Hubbard, who were a great leader for our team last year, let that be a vacancy and I am excited to fill that, but how do we achieve that before we get there,” Hendrickson said. 'Those are the things that matter if you are talking about a super bowl. It is in the small things and the small details. '
Hendrickson said there is no current deadline to reach a deal, but it does have a number of strict terms that he does not want to ignore.
Hendrickson wants to know that he will be the near future in Cincinnati.
“I don't think I want to play for stimuli that will be outside of my control,” he said. 'I don't think I want to play on a short -term contract and see where it goes. I would like to tell my wife, here we are going to build a family together. '
Former Bengals recipient Carl Pickens criticized the Bengal in the nineties, creating the team a clause with which players can withdraw their signing bonuses for such a negativity
Hendrickson had 17 1/2 bags in both 2023 and 2024. His 57 bags since he joined the Bengal in 2021, are third in the NFL in the past four years.
The Bengal did not respond publicly to Hendrickson, but the team does have a long history of punitive players who criticize the club in the media.
The infamous' Carl Pickens clause 'appeared in some players' contracts after the star recipient had blown the Bengal to the media in the 1990s. According to the clause, which was confirmed by a court decision in 2001, the team has the right to earn back one or all signing bonus from a player if he criticizes the Bengal in public.
Fortunately for Hendrickson, his deal contains no such cause, confirmed his agent confirmed to dailyymail.com.
