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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport calls Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson "a bit of a long shot" for Thursday night's game against the Steelers. Hendrickson's officially questionable after leaving Sunday's game early with a hip injury and missing all three practices of the short week.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson is questionable for Thursday night's game against the Steelers after missing practice all three days. He's dealing with the hip injury that knocked him out of Sunday's loss to the Packers. We'll update Hendrickson's status ahead of kickoff.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson left in the first half of Sunday's loss to the Packers with a back injury. The team initially deemed him questionable to return before downgrading him to "out" in the third quarter.

Update: NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports that Hendrickson is day-to-day "after a good results on the MRI" Monday.

Bengals LB Logan Wilson technically started Sunday's game at Green Bay. But he didn't do a whole lot beyond that. Wilson played just 12 defensive snaps for the game, disappeared from the defense in the second half, and wound up on the kickoff coverage team. He played double-digit special teams snaps for the first time since 2021, Wilson's second year in the league. Fourth-round rookie Barrett Carter, meanwhile, played every defensive snap. And fellow rookie Demetrius Knight played 92%, his largest share so far this season.

The Bengals list CB Cam Taylor-Britt as doubtful for Sunday's game against the Vikings because of a hamstring injury. CB DJ Turner II is questionable as well after sustaining a hamstring injury during the practice week. He put in limited workouts Thursday and Friday. HC Zac Taylor said Turner "should be good to go," according to Cincy Jungle.

The Bengals have agreed to boost Edge Trey Hendrickson's contract for 2025, ending the veteran's "hold in" ahead of the season. Hendrickson, of course, has sought a contract extension -- and, at times, a trade -- for the past few years. This solution gets him more money ($14 million, reportedly) without making the Bengals responsible for any more beyond this year. Hendrickson turns 31 on Dec. 5.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson reported to training camp Wednesday, ending an eight-day holdout over displeasure with his contract situation. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports that there's no deal on a new contract yet but that "the two sides will keep working."

The Bengals and first-round Edge Shemar Stewart finally agreed to contract terms Friday. Stewart -- the 17th pick in the draft -- will get a four-year, fully guaranteed deal worth $18.97 million in total, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Stewart's reportedly getting "a more lucrative payout structure" than guys who went 17th overall before, in return for agreeing to the team's void language should he screw up.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson told us all offseason that he didn't plan to play on the existing final year of his contract, and he appears to be making good on that promise. Hendrickson posted Tuesday morning that he's back home in Florida rather than in Ohio getting set to report for the start of training camp. Pelissero also reports that first-round Edge Shemar Stewart is in Texas -- rather than Ohio -- thanks to the continued dispute over his rookie contract.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson showed up at the team's voluntary workouts Tuesday to speak to the media. According to ESPN's Ben Baby, Hendrickson said he won't play for the Bengals in 2025 under his current contract. Hendrickson had previously said that the team cut off contract negotiations and that the situation has become "personal."

The Bengals drafted LB Demetrius Knight in the middle of Round 2. Knight joins a defense that still has Logan Wilson and Germaine Pratt at the position. Knight's a bit of a curious pick. He's a nice size-speed combo, delivering an 81st-percentile speed score at 6'2, 235 pounds. He also tallied nice production over his final two years. That included 96 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 3 INTs in his lone season at Charlotte (2023); and then 82 tackles, 8 TFLs, and 2 sacks in his only year at South Carolina. Those two seasons followed four years quiet years at Georgia Tech, though. His breakthrough years came at ages 23 and 24, and Knight turned 25 this January.

The Bengals selected DL Shemar Stewart in the first round of the NFL Draft. Stewart drew attention with a terrific Combine workout, led by a 95th-percentile speed score. He added a 91st-percentile 10-yard split, 96th-percentile vertical, and 98th-percentile broad jump. The problem: Stewart's college production stunk. He tallied just 1.5 sacks in each of his three seasons and topped out at 6 tackles for loss in 2024. Stewart did increase his total pressures each year. His 39 pressures in 2024 tied for 47th among FBS edge players -- a solid number considering he ranked 65th in pass-rushing opportunities.

Bengals Edge Sam Hubbard has announced his retirement. Hubbard spent all seven of his NFL seasons in Cincinnati, after graduating from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati and then playing three seasons at Ohio State (about an hour and a half from Cincinnati). The former third-round pick tallied 38.5 career sacks, with a high of 8.5 in his second season (2019). Hubbard served as a full-time starter from that year on and started 88 of 104 career regular-season games.

NFL Network reports that Bengals LB Germaine Pratt has requested a trade. Pratt has spent six years with the Bengals, 5.5 of those as a full-time starter. He heads into the final year of his current deal and will turn 29 in May.

The Bengals expect to miss LB Logan Wilson for the rest of the regular season after he had a "surgical cleanup" on his injured knee Thursday, according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. The injury dates back to before Cincinnati's Week 12 bye, first showing up on the Week 11 injury report.

Bengals LB Logan Wilson is inactive for today's game against the Steelers. That leaves Germaine Pratt as the lead LB and Akeem Davis-Gaither as the likely No. 2. It'll be just the second time this season that Wilson has not played every snap in a game, which makes it tough to know just how much playing time Davis Gaither will get. He's a shaky bet at this stage of the season -- albeit with some upside.

Bengals Edge Trey Hendrickson is officially questionable for Sunday night's game against the Chargers. Hendrickson followed a limited Wednesday practice by missing workouts Thursday and Friday. The Athletic's Paul Dehner Jr. reports that Hendrickson isn't traveling with the team but will travel separately and is expected to play.

Browns QB Deshaun Watson was less terrible than previous weeks in Sunday's loss to the Eagles but continued his run of lackluster production. He went a solid 16-of-23 passing (69.6% completions) at 7.3 yards per pass attempt. But his 168 passing yards marked a sixth straight game south of 200. And he boosted another struggling opponent pass rush.

The Bengals fear CB Dax Hill tore his right ACL in the first quarter of Sunday's loss to the Ravens, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Assuming that's confirmed by testing, it would obviously end Hill's season.

Bengals CB Mike Hilton (knee) is inactive for today's game against the Ravens. Facing a Cincinnati defense without its lead slot corner can only help TEs Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely, but we'll see if they get the targets.