The Cincinnati Bengals are hoping to be a Super Bowl contender this upcoming NFL season, but it sounds like they’re facing a pretty horrible situation regarding two of their star players.
According to a report from Adam Schefter, star defensive end Trey Hendrickson has requested to be traded from the Cincinnati Bengals due to his current contract situation.
“Bengals three-time Pro-Bowl DE Trey Hendrickson has requested to be traded from Cincinnati, per league source. Hendrickson is due to make $15 million this season, and is looking for more long-term security than Cincinnati has been willing to offer,” said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Bengals franchise WR Tee Higgins also has requested to be traded being that there have been no contract talks with the team now in over a year. https://t.co/vN984f7TVb
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 24, 2024
Hendrickson’s trade request comes in addition to a trade request made by star wide receiver Tee Higgins earlier this offseason. Schefter indicates that Higgins still wants to be traded.
“Bengals franchise WR Tee Higgins also has requested to be traded being that there have been no contract talks with the team now in over a year,” Schefter wrote in a follow-up post.
Obviously, this is some pretty horrible news for the Cincinnati Bengals as they try to make a Super Bowl run, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media as a result.
Umm, what's happening in Cincinnati? https://t.co/yOyZphGcvP
— Tim Bielik (@timbielik) April 24, 2024
Tee is essentially sending a second text after getting left on read https://t.co/9BOikewuwD
— mike (@bengals_sans) April 24, 2024
I cannot tell you how excited I am for the chaos of the NFL Draft. https://t.co/Tzbr1eT0Nq
— Jason Moore (@jasonffl) April 24, 2024
Bengals window has officially closed.
Did I do that right??? https://t.co/4sYtg1qH0x
— Buffalo Smitty (@Buffalo_Smitty) April 24, 2024
And Bengals won’t trade either of them. https://t.co/PbeZadrQIm
— Goodberry Variant (@Glenn_Goodberry) April 24, 2024
Carson Palmer has asked to be traded again out of habit. https://t.co/cAcNa3Nnzo
— Rivers McCown (@riversmccown) April 24, 2024
Bengals fans should spend less time talking about the Super Bowl they made it to and more time talking about how players are dropping like flies over there https://t.co/WLlCKPhmFE
— heather (@hnb6458) April 24, 2024
We’ll have to see how the Bengals respond.
