Hendrickson made it clear that he has no plans of playing this year on his current deal. The Bengals gave him permission to seek a trade in March, but opted to keep the All-Pro defensive end. Make sure you bookmark BengalsTalk.com for the latest Bengals news, exclusive interviews, insight, film breakdowns and so much more!

Trey Hendrickson - who claims he's been lied to by a Bengals front office that promised he'd be taken care of - wants to get his. And that is nothing new ... and that has nothing to do with Joe Burrow.

Despite this, Burrow has publicly said the Hendrickson situation is a distraction. In the past, he’s lobbied for the Bengals to get the Hendrickson deal done, just like he did for Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.