Seahawks SHOULD trade for Trey Hendrickson
John Schneider has been bold to this point, will he continue and address Seattle's biggest need?
One of the main roadblocks to any team that wanted to trade for edge rusher Trey Hendrickson a month ago was trying to convince the Bengals that they didn’t need him to make the playoffs. That shouldn’t be an issue anymore.
The Bengals lost 37-24 to the Lions on Sunday, their third loss in a row and little hope of rebounding as quarterback Joe Burrow spends at least another two months on IR with a toe injury. Backup Jake Browning threw three more interceptions in Week 5, giving him eight in four games, and it’s a lot harder to find a quarterback in October than it is to…tank.
Hendrickson had two sacks in the loss, giving him four on the season and 41 total since the start of 2023. Hendrickson is not quite 31 and in the last year of a contract that pays him $1 million per week, so he has been asking for a new deal or a new team since the offseason started. The Bengals have listened to trade offers but have yet to hear anything that has enticed them to pull the trigger, but that urge will get looser by the loss.
Would the Bengals rather have a 2026 second round pick or a 2027 third round pick? That’s probably the question that will get easier to answer if they are 2-5 or 2-6 and have completely lost hope on a second half surge to make the playoffs.
Meanwhile, would the Seahawks rather have a 2026 second round pick and cap space with a huge need to fill at edge rusher or Trey Hendrickson? It’s looking just as simple on Seattle’s side as it should be on Cincinnati’s…Here is why the Seahawks should trade for Hendrickson, what it costs, and what it means for Seattle’s future if they do: