The Cincinnati Bengals' contract saga with superstar edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has been talked about ad nauseam. The two sides were able to come to an agreement for the 2025 NFL season, but Hendrickson's future in Cincinnati is rocky, at best.
Sam Hubbard also retired this offseason, and while Joseph Assai and Myles Murphy have been solid contributors, the former is a pending free agent, and the Shemar Stewart experiment has failed thus far. The Bengals will need more firepower on the edge, and the free agent market could be fairly thin.
Given Cincinnati's cap situation as well, their efforts are best spent looking for a young stud in the 2026 NFL Draft.