In recent years, the Cincinnati Bengals have emerged as one of the more exciting and popular teams in the NFL, thanks to the high-profile offense led by star quarterback Joe Burrow and receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

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Executive vice president Katie Blackburn says the Cincinnati Bengals could “go wherever we wanted” amid future in the city.

What's unusual from this report is that the Bengals allegedly haven't engaged with Hendrickson through top names like Duke Tobin, Troy Blackburn, etc. While the big brass indeed handled contracts for Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, it's apparently the second and third levels of the organization working on Hendrickson's situation.

Cincinnati figures to have an explosive offense with Joe Burrow continuing to throw the ball to Chase and Higgins, but it will struggle to compete with the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and other AFC contenders if it doesn't take strides on the defensive side.