James Palmer

There is always a risk with every free agent, and I think that's why these guys are available.

That's why they're there.

But at the same time, you look at these deals, like Adafei Owe getting four years for $100 million from the commanders, like...

Listen, they haven't really connected on a lot of their big veteran type of moves lately.

So you kind of look at all of these going, I get it's Trey Hendrickson.

And I've seen enough of him play to where I still think he has a ton left in the tank.

And a lot of people around the league I talk to do believe that.

But Trey is very firm with his numbers.

And it's going to take the league in general to more or less tell him the number is going to go down.

Because what often happens in free agency, as we were just talking about with Tyrell Linderbaum, is it takes just one team to go, hell, I'll pay it.

You know what I mean?

That's all it takes, and that's what he's waiting for.

The league might collectively need to tell Trey Hendrickson that he's not going to be worth that.

And in free agency, when teams panic, sometimes that doesn't work.

He's been a very fascinating player for the course of his career, in all honesty.

I think he's been undervalued in terms of dollars his entire career.

He's never been put in that Derwin James and Kyle Hamilton and top safeties in the league group really at any point in his career.

And I don't know why, because I think we saw plenty of playmaking ability even at the age he was at this past season.

And I know Chicago loves him.

And I know Ryan Poles loves him, and he admitted at the combine it might be a challenge to bring him back.