• Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson on having the contract dispute behind him as the season begins: “The priority was always the 2025 Bengals whatever this looked like. Unfortunately, for me, I can’t write my own contracts. That’s something that we had common ground in finding and that’s what we’re doing now and that’s what’s best for the 2025 Bengals is to just suit up and play. I’m humbled by the experience.” (Paul Dehner Jr.) • Per Kelsey Conway, the Bengals had never offered the one-year pay raise to Hendrickson before he agreed to it on Monday. Hendrickson also said they didn’t present a contract that he would have seriously considered. • Hendrickson continued on getting the deal done: “I feel like the compromise was mutual. To be given a raise under the current circumstances where a lo
AFC Notes: Trey Hendrickson, Shedeur Sanders, Bengals, Browns, Steelers

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