Bengals Have a CLEAR Path Forward to Recoup Assets for Trey Hendrickson

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4.7 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Trey Hendrickson's pending free agency really should never arrive - even with the bridge burned, the Cincinnati Bengals should obviously exercise their right to the franchise tag and prepare to tag-and-trade their star pass rusher before free agency. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down why a trade makes so much more sense than trying to play a losing compensatory pick game, especially since they should be active enough in free agency to not qualify for any comp picks in 2027.

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0:00.0	In all likelihood, Trey Hendrickson will not be returning to Cincinnati in 2026, but the Bengals do have some options to work through as they consider what to do with his future.
0:11.0	Let's break it down.
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0:37.5	He's James Rapine. I'm Jake Lisco. and we've been locked on Bengals since the inception,
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1:06.9	Today we dive into what the Bengals options are with Trey Hendrickson and what they really ought to do with this situation, this off season.
1:15.6	I think there's a pretty clear best path forward given the assumption that that bridge is burned.
1:22.5	And I think that that is the assumption that we start with here in an episode brought to you by Game Time,
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