Trey Hendrickson reveals the big issue in contract talks with Bengals

Trey Hendrickson has officially begun his training camp holdout, and the Cincinnati Bengals star says there has been one main issue in his contract negotiations with the team.

Hendrickson, who is set to make a base salary of $16M in the final season of his deal this year, has been seeking an extension since the start of the offseason. Bengals veterans reported to training camp on Tuesday, and Hendrickson shared a photo on social media that showed he is in Florida.

Hendrickson later told Dianna Russini of The Athletic that he had recently been at home in Cincinnati, but he and his wife decided to go to Jacksonville as training camp approached with no long-term deal in place. Hendrickson said he received two offers from the Bengals in a 24-hour span leading up to training camp, but neither contained any guaranteed money beyond the 2026 season.

"I was more than willing to take less in some ways in order to make this work," Hendrickson told Russini.