Bengals fans know that the Cincinnati front office wants to win lopsided deals on the trade block. The team has Higgins locked down on a second franchise tag. And while they don't want another holdout into the summer by getting an extension done by mid-July, they also aren't going to balk and lower the price.

Hendrickson has been granted permission to seek a trade by the Cincinnati Bengals, but that doesn't mean he wants to leave. Hill says he knows Hendrickson's preference is to remain in Cincinnati.

Hendrickson is looking for a new contract closer to market rate with other elite edge rushers, a situation that usually breeds difficult to resolve in a trade with a high return and big deal needed for the player coming in.