Overview

• Hendrickson will end his holdout and report to Bengals training camp Wednesday, stopping $50,000-per-day fines.
• The two sides have agreed on the deal’s length and total value but remain locked in a dispute over the guarantee structure.
• Cincinnati’s policy limits contract guarantees beyond one season, an exception it granted only to Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase.
• Negotiators still face a $6–10 million gap in multiyear guarantees despite recent breakthroughs in other terms.
• Hendrickson’s return is intended as a good-faith signal to renew momentum in extension talks before the regular season.