The Washington Commanders know they need a top playmaker on the defensive side of the football for next season. Von Miller led the team in sacks, and he is a free agent at the end of the season, so Washington will have to find a way to replace his production.
The New Orleans Saints are in a significantly better position right now than they were a year ago. At this point last offseason, the Saints' salary cap position was a mess and the team was coming off a last-place finish in the NFC South after going 5-12 in 2024.
The contract projections from Pro Football Focus are starting to trickle out for the top projected free agents that could hit the market, and Trey Hendrickson's is way lower than his $29 million 2025 salary.
The Cincinnati Bengals went just 6-11 in 2025, finishing in third place in the AFC North. It marked the third straight season they failed to make the playoffs.
The Bengals may have to franchise tag Trey Hendrickson again if they want to keep him off what figures to be a frothy open market for the 31-year-old edge rusher. Both ESPN and Pro Football Focus have him ranked first among all pending free agents this coming March.
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There aren't many free agency periods where an NFL team can get one of the best pass rushers in the last 10 years, but the Baltimore Ravens might be in the running to get one of those types of players.
Trey Hendrickson just made the cut on Sports Illustrated's top 100 players for the 2026 season. The pending free agent is widely expected to play elsewhere this fall after going through the first injury-impacted season of his career this past fall.
It's not really a secret that defensive miscues plagued the Dallas Cowboys throughout the 2025-26 NFL season and were the main reason the franchise didn't return to the postseason for the second consecutive year.
The New Orleans Saints have quickly gone from a team that looked like it could use a full rebuild, to one that is a few pieces from potentially winning the NFC South in 2026.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
I get it. The Chicago Bears are under the gun to make use of Caleb Williams’ rookie contract before they have to pay him $60 million a year for the rest
The Chicago Bears' edge rush remains one of the most discussed areas of need entering the 2026 offseason, and Pro Football Focus believes the answer could come from one of the NFL's most productive sack artists.
Most are expecting the Bengals to add significant pieces to their team with Cincinnati currently set to have the seventh most salary cap space in the NFL this offseason with $77.9 million.
Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson is scheduled to become a free agent this offseason. The former All-Pro is arguably the best free agent signing in team history.
The Los Angeles Chargers have had two solid seasons with Jim Harbaugh as head coach and two disastrous playoff appearances. A year after they were pummeled by the Houston Texans in the Wild Card game, the New England Patriots shut them down in the same round and ended their season with a 16-3 defeat.
The Bengals have plenty of big decisions to make this offseason, including what to do about former NFL sack leader Trey Hendrickson. There are a plethora of free agents that Duke Tobin and the Bengals must make a decision about in free agency.
Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson underwent season-ending core muscle surgery last month. It ended a year to forget for the All-Pro pass rusher. Hendrickson appeared in just seven games, racking up 11 tackles and four sacks.
Pro Football Focus writer Dalton Wasserman dropped a fresh mock draft this week as the NFL regular season gets ready for its final games. He slotted the Bengals with Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey at Pick 10.
Having undergone core muscle surgery earlier this month, Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson will not return in 2025. Hendrickson hasn’t taken the field since a Week 8 loss to the Jets.
Jay Morrison reports the Bengals are officially placing DE Trey Hendrickson on injured reserve. Hendrickson underwent core surgery earlier this week and is expected to miss the rest of the regular season.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson underwent core muscle surgery Tuesday morning and will miss the remainder of the regular season, NFL Network reported.
A day after blowing a game in Buffalo, the Cincinnati Bengals learned devastating news that makes their chances at the playoffs seem even more unlikely.
According to Adam Schefter, Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson will have surgery to address a core muscle injury that he’s been fighting through for a couple of months now. Schefter says the procedure has a recovery timeline of six weeks.
The Athletic's Paul Dehner Jr. revealed that the Bengals "weren’t going to wave the white flag on this season" even though the team didn't make a big-name acquisition.