CINCINNATI (WXIX) - All offseason, Trey Hendrickson was open about what he was looking for. He wanted a new contract that reflected the rising market for defensive ends around the NFL, and he wanted multi-year guarantees.

The Bengals, clearly, weren’t going to give Hendrickson the type of contract that Myles Garrett, TJ Watt or Maxx Crosby received.

Since any potential new deal for Hendrickson wasn’t going to have those guarantees into the future anyway, any extension that Hendrickson could have realistically signed with the Bengals would have acted as a one-year deal since the Bengals would have been able to ask him to renegotiate in a year.

To end the drama, the Bengals reportedly gave Hendrickson a $14 million raise for this season. The All-Pro defensive end will be able to test the

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