So it goes when a franchise sits in a contract dispute with an All-Pro defender like Trey Hendrickson and its own first-round pick, Shemar Stewart. It certainly doesn’t hurt that star quarterback Joe Burrow is about to star on a Netflix show, too.

Hendrickson made it clear that he has no plans of playing this year on his current deal. The Bengals gave him permission to seek a trade in March, but opted to keep the All-Pro defensive end. Make sure you bookmark BengalsTalk.com for the latest Bengals news, exclusive interviews, insight, film breakdowns and so much more!

The Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson are mired in a contract dispute as you may have heard. Hendrickson wants to be paid like the back-to-back 17.5-sack defensive end that he is, but the Bengals (as per usual) want to low ball a star player.