The Lions are among teams who have called the Bengals about multiple players including Trey Hendrickson

The NFL trade deadline is just days away, and Detroit Lions fans are all curious to see what their team will do or if they will do anything at all.

On Friday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell said he didn't believe the Lions would make a move, but that it didn't mean they wouldn't. He said GM Brad Holmes has already brought some ideas his way. Maybe it was one of these guys.

The Lions are among the teams that have called the Bengals to ask about the availability of players at the trade deadline

Per Diana Russini of The Athletic, the Lions, along with the Rams, 49ers, Colts, and Eagles, have called the Bengals to ask about edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, linebacker Logan Wilson, and cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt. She also said later in that same story that the Lions have been on the lookout for safety and defensive line.

She also notes that some interested teams don't believe that the Bengals will move any core pieces at this time. That tracks. The Bengals have traded away just one player at the trade deadline in the last 10 years, and that was in 2020 when they sent Carlos Dunlap to the Seahawks. It's just not something this team ever does.

With that said, teams will likely try hard to pry Hendrickson away from Cincinnati, as its season is uncertain at this point. The going rate is likely to be a second-round pick or higher. Before the season, the reported asking price was a third-round pick and a starting player. This is kind of a meeting in the middle.

The Lions just made Aidan Hutchinson a very rich man, and while they could get Hendrickson for somewhere in the ballpark of $11.5 million down the stretch. The key point is that he had been negotiating with the Bengals all summer about a longer deal, but he didn't get it.

That doesn't mean he just stopped wanting it. The Lions aren't forced to pay him, but they're giving away a second round pick for a soon to be 31 year old player. Do they want to risk that asset for such a short-term thing? That's up to them.

Taylor-Britt can't be ruled out as an option. Brad Holmes and the Lions scouted him and met with him ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft. They might want to take this opportunity to bring him in to steady up their depth at cornerback.

I would not get too excited about any of this. With Campbell saying he didn't think anything would happen and the Bengals' legendary stubbornness, it's hard to see it happen. Still, it's notable that they called and asked.