Hendrickson's Departure, Bengals' New Defense

0:00On April 22nd, Trey Hendrickson just inked a massive $112 million dollar deal to join the Baltimore Ravens as their top pass rusher. The former Cincinnati Bangal star led the league with 17.5 sacks last season, but ex-Bangal's Lyman Andrew Whitworth is calling out. The value, saying on the Pat McAfee show, that Hendrickson shines in pressures, yet flops hard against the run. Whitworth broke it down, Hendrickson ranks top tier in quarterback sex, but his run defense grades sit way down, like 67th out of 2, 111 edge rushes last year and 156th the year before. He's elite on third downs, with smart snap counts, rarely over 70 plays a game. Fans and analysts see the impact. Bingles lose a sack machine, but their defense was already leaky overall. Compared to Max Crosby, whom Baltimore eyed first, Hendrickson lags in run stops, Crosby averages 24 tackles for loss of season 2. Hendrickson's 11. Now the Bangles flip the script, signing interior beast Dexter Lawrence II, plus boy A

1:04Mayfay and Jonathan Allen to claw the run game. Whitworth says this, shores up the front, freeing them to hunts a pure third down demon in the draft. With these moves, Cincinnati's piecing together a total defense, not just pass rush fireworks, but run stop muscle 2. Losing Hendrickson's sting short term, but they're building smart for the long haul. This has been NFL News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.