The Cincinnati Bengals earned somewhat of a financial victory when they got veteran pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson to accept a revised contract that gave him a $14M pay raise for the 2025 season.

Hendrickson nevertheless remains in the final year of his current deal. After he fully participated in practice on Wednesday for the first time this summer, he explained why he put pen to paper on an agreement that gives him no guarantees beyond the upcoming campaign.

"I want to be a part of something special here," Hendrickson said, as shared by Ben Baby of ESPN. "I've vocalized that pretty early and often. Again, I can't write my own contracts. I think we'd all as players love to do that. There wasn't one that I saw long term that I would've considered."

On paper, Ci

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