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The saga between Trey Hendrickson and the Cincinnati Bengals is a very public war of words right now.
Said war takes different routes to going public, too.
The latest horrible-sounding update came from ESPN's Adam Schefter, who took the scathing message from Hendrickson himself and shared it with the world.
In that message, Hendrickson and his reps accused the Bengals of zero communication from the team at all since the draft.
But NFL Network's Ian Rapoport took to Pat McAfee's show not long after to clarify that there has been communication between Hendrickson and the team -- just not contract communication:
RELATED: Bengals, Trey Hendrickson contract saga gets another update
It's all rather silly noise in the middle of May right now, but Hendrickson kicked it off by passing a message to reporters.
A very rough translation of the saga is simple: The Bengals, who have said they want to get Hendrickson a raise, aren't moving quick enough for his liking, which is perfectly in character. There's no actual deadline for an extension to happen and after granting his reps permission to seek a trade, the team is sort of calling his bluff and willing to move things at their preferred pace.
Hence, the latest round of chaos. It would still be wise to expect some sort of actual new development near the start of training camp.
RELATED: Bengals' Trey Hendrickson, Germaine Pratt standoffs updated
This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals, Trey Hendrickson drama reports divided on details
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Said war takes different routes to going public, too.
The latest horrible-sounding update came from ESPN's Adam Schefter, who took the scathing message from Hendrickson himself and shared it with the world.
In that message, Hendrickson and his reps accused the Bengals of zero communication from the team at all since the draft.
But NFL Network's Ian Rapoport took to Pat McAfee's show not long after to clarify that there has been communication between Hendrickson and the team -- just not contract communication:
RELATED: Bengals, Trey Hendrickson contract saga gets another update
It's all rather silly noise in the middle of May right now, but Hendrickson kicked it off by passing a message to reporters.
A very rough translation of the saga is simple: The Bengals, who have said they want to get Hendrickson a raise, aren't moving quick enough for his liking, which is perfectly in character. There's no actual deadline for an extension to happen and after granting his reps permission to seek a trade, the team is sort of calling his bluff and willing to move things at their preferred pace.
Hence, the latest round of chaos. It would still be wise to expect some sort of actual new development near the start of training camp.
RELATED: Bengals' Trey Hendrickson, Germaine Pratt standoffs updated
This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals, Trey Hendrickson drama reports divided on details
Continue reading...
