Super Bowl 59 left a sour taste in the mouths of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Despite being one win away from a three-peat, the team feels they have a lot to prove in 2025.
Namely: They’re still championship contenders.
As it turns out, there could be a massive trade on the way that would put their defense on another level.
Breaking: Chiefs’ Dream Trade Target Just Became Available “They’re Taking Offers”
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero:
With contract talks at an impasse, the #Bengals are listening to trade offers for four-time Pro Bowl DE Trey Hendrickson, sources tell me and RapSheet.
No deal is imminent. But the NFL’s reigning sack leader is available for the right price.
Chiefs fans immediately started pounding the table for a Hendrickson trade:
As he pursues a new contract, Hendrickson returned to training camp on July 30 despite holding out during training camp. However it would appear things have soured since then. His on-field value lately has been remarkable:
His 57 sacks since joining the Bengals in 2021 are the third most in the NFL over the past four seasons.
But Hendrickson missed the first seven days and five practices of camp, accumulating $350,000 in fines. He also received a total of $104,768 in fines for not attending the three days of the Bengals’ mandatory minicamp in June, according to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the NFLPA.
Both sides remain far off on the amount of guaranteed money Hendrickson will receive, along with how much he gets during the early years of the deal. He is scheduled to earn $15.8 million in base salary this season and has a cap number of $18.7 million.
If the Bengals and Hendrickson can bridge the gap, it will complete a trifecta of signing three of their top players to lucrative extensions.
In March, Ja’Marr Chase’s $161 million contract made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL at the time, and Tee Higgins’ $115 million deal made him one of the league’s top 10 highest-paid receivers.
