As steep as the Bengals felt Trey Hendrickson's asking price was to remain in Cincinnati, the organization appears to feel just as strongly about what it'll take to let him go.

The Bengals are allowing NFL sack leader Trey Hendrickson to seek a trade, according to multiple reports.

If Hendrickson were to leave and the Bengals didn’t get something substantial in return, their defense could bottom out and become potentially one of the, if not the worst units in the entire NFL.