The contract standoff between the Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson has gone from trade feelers before the draft to public statements made by the organization and player.
Along the way, most have rightfully assumed the Bengals have offered Hendrickson somewhere in the $30 million per-year range on an extension, albeit a short one. That would put him in line annually with most of the top defensive ends in the league, with someone like Maxx Crosby hovering around $35.5 million.
But a new writeup from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk mentions where the Bengals might be at on the per-year numbers right now:
"Hendrickson is due to make $16 million this year.