The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t trading edge rusher Trey Hendrickson ahead of the NFL trade deadline.
That much fans understood long before the inevitable reports like the one that surfaced Sunday.
There, Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported the Bengals “rebuffed” the Dallas Cowboys when called about a Hendrickson trade.
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The Bengals are alive in the middling AFC with Joe Flacco under center and reports have confirmed Joe Burrow is on track for a mid-December return.
Even without that positive Burrow injury news, the Bengals and Hendrickson’s reworked contract, agreed upon before the season, didn’t include a no-tag clause. The Bengals holding the leverage of a franchise tag going next offseason always made a trade highly unlikely.
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This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: Bengals shot down Trey Hendrickson trade calls from Cowboys
Reporting by Chris Roling, Bengals Wire / Bengals Wire
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