So the Cincinnati Bengals aren't using a franchise tag on Trey Hendrickson, which means there's no tag in trade.

So does that mean they're trying to play a cop pick game or are they just letting them walk?

Let's break it down.

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Today, James, we dive into Trey Hendrickson, not getting the franchise tag. The franchise

tag deadline come and gone. The Bengals will be letting Trey Hendrickson reach unrestrictive

free agency. And as a result, the immediate question that comes to mind is, because we've

talked about this a lot, right, is are they going to play the cop pick game? We've talked about what they could have done, should have done over the last couple of years. We could talk about the mistakes that they've made to get to this point. But the first thing that comes to mind to me is forward-looking, and that is the big question of like, man, are they really going to try to play this game, this cop pick game that we've talked about and alluded to as we've talked about this topic for the last couple of months?

The answer better be no no no no no they better not they better not be thinking about comp picks or any kind of compensation for tray hendrickson it's that simple the time to think about that was last year the time to think about that was at the trade deadline the time to think about that was last year. The time to think about that was at the

trade deadline. The time to think about that was as recent as last week, maybe even earlier today, Jake.

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