Hendrickson is in Jacksonville, not even near the Bengals, as training camp has gotten underway this week. The Bengals have nothing else to distract them anymore. The last off-season question to answer is Hendrickson's contract. MORE: Bills' James Cook contract saga doesn't lessen his importance to Super Bowl aspirations

As NFL training camp opened this week, the Cincinnati Bengals found themselves without one of their most disruptive defenders. All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson did not report to practice Tuesday amid a contract standoff, leaving his teammates and coaches to prepare without last year’s sack leader on the field.

The Cincinnati Bengals are a team that many expect to be in the postseason this year and possibly contend for a spot in the AFC title game, if not the Super Bowl.

While Cincinnati Bengals veterans report to training camp, the contract drama with Trey Hendrickson continues to evolve. On the heels of Hendrickson’s talks with the Bengals collapsing and the All-Pro defender himself posting something on social media about it, Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz provided more information on the standoff.

Trey Hendrickson peeled back the curtain on why he’s holding out on the Bengals. Speaking with The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, the star pass rusher said he’s in Jacksonville training after he didn’t get what he wanted during negotiations with the franchise.

Bengals star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson is officially holding out of training camp.

As the Trey Hendrickson contract drama continues, the pass-rusher revealed he would have been open to taking less money to make something work with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Hendrickson has criticized the Bengals’ lack of communication, expressed unwillingness to play under his current deal and skipped voluntary workouts. His decision to miss mandatory minicamp in June resulted in fines totaling more than $100,000. But as badly as Hendrickson wants his new contract, Brown would like to retain the superstar.

With the Seahawks being a little more flush with cash, it is once again time we at Seahawks Wire renew our call for the team to find a way to acquire defensive end Trey Hendrickson from the Cincinnati Bengals.