NFL’s Top Pass Rusher ‘Released’ Without Compensation As Bengals Drop $105M Star After 5 Year Standoff

Trey Hendrickson didn’t get traded. He didn’t get tagged. Instead, the Bengals effectively “released” their best defensive player into the open market by declining to use the franchise tag before the March 3 deadline, allowing his contract to expire and making him an unrestricted free agent.

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