The Bengals are reportedly listening to trade offers for defensive end Trey Hendrickson. Will they actually trade him?
The bettors aren’t buying it. The Bengals are the -450 favorite to be the team for which he plays his next snap, via DraftKings.
The Panthers are +500 to be the team that trades for him, with the Lions at +800.
Next are the Colts and Packers at +1000, followed by the Chargers and Cardinals at +1400.
The Commanders and 49ers have +1700 odds, and the always-lurking Eagles are at +1800.
The ideal landing spot would be a team that is in the Super Bowl window, and that views Hendrickson as a player who may help push them over the top. Then there’s the question of whether the Bengals would trade him to another AFC team.
The NFC contenders seem to be the best destination: Lions, Packers, Commanders, 49ers. And, yes, the always-lurking Eagles.
To make a trade happen, a team has to be willing to give Hendrickson the contract he wants, and to give the Bengals the compensation they seek.
The more the Bengals want, the more reasonable it is to say to the Bengals, “If that’s how you view him, why don’t you just pay him?”
