Bengals' Trey Hendrickson snubbed from both AP All-Pro teams
Despite making his third straight Pro Bowl and officially coming up 1.5 sacks short of the NFL lead, Bengals edge defender Trey Hendrickson is not an All-Pro player according to the Associated Press.The AP reveal its First Team and Second Team All-Pro squads Friday afternoon, and Hendrickson was left off both of them. Edge defenders […]
Despite making his third straight Pro Bowl and officially coming up 1.5 sacks short of the NFL lead, Bengals edge defender Trey Hendrickson is not an All-Pro player according to the Associated Press.
The AP reveal its First Team and Second Team All-Pro squads Friday afternoon, and Hendrickson was left off both of them.
Edge defenders Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt earned First Team honors while Micah Parsons and Maxx Crosby earned Second Team honors.
Only Watt (19) recorded more official sacks that Hendrickson's 17.5, but if you calculate them like Pro Football Focus does and count half sacks as full sacks, Watt and Hendrickson each ended up with 20 sacks.
Hendrickson was also one of three edges along with Garrett and Parsons to rank in the top 10 in both overall pass rush win percentage (20.8%) and pass rush win percentage against true pass sets (26.7%). He bested Crosby in both categories along with total sacks.
Cincinnati hasn't had a First Team All-Pro on either side of the ball since 2015 when Geno Atkins and Andrew Whitworth cracked the list. Ja'Marr Chase was the last Second Team All-Pro in 2021, and Jessie Bates was the last Second Team All-Pro defensive player for the team in 2020. Bates also earned Second Team honors this season as well.
Hendrickson's absence this year seems egregious, but it's also a testament to how stacked the NFL is at edge defender. All four players who earned All-Pro honors are definitely worthy in their own right, but for a player that nearly earned the sack title with legitimate production, Hendrickson had as good a chance as any.
A better 2024 season for the Bengals as a whole can put their best players back in the All-Pro conversation.
Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase, Trey Hendrickson earn third-straight Pro Bowl nods
Two more Bengals are alternates as well.
