Clay Harbor: Bears should bolster pass rush by signing Trey Hendrickson
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What should the Bears prioritize in their offseason strategy?
Rahimi, Harrison, Grody. Midday's 10 a.m. to 2 on 670 The School. Third down and four. McCarthy. Time runs out and down he goes. Just tripped up. And it'll go down as a sack. Pressure by Dayo Odengbo, who was brought in by the front office to beef up the pass rush for Chicago.
Wow, that was in another time, man.
They found a Dayo Odengbo highlight? In the first game of the season. Against a backup left tackle. Let's not forget about that.
Give it full context, Clay. The Bears lost. Yes, that was a very retro. Dio Dangbo with the sack as we welcome you back in to Rahimi Harrison. Grody just heard the voice of Clay Harbor. He is with us from CHSN, part of the Big Pro Football Show, with our guy David Haw at CHSN and Ruthie Polinski as well. We've had the luxury of Clay for the last hour, and Clay has to get everybody up to date. Clay has brought us three bold moves that the Bears should make or that he has come up with that he thinks make sense, including, he has already told us, cut Tremaine Edmonds, trade DJ Moore. And there's nuance to it all, so go back and listen if you'd like. But there is one more part to this. There is somebody who you believe the Bears should sign.
Yes, I think the Bears should sign Tremaine. Trey Hendrickson, former teammate of mine, former teammate of Dennis Allen. He was there when I was in New Orleans when we drafted this guy, so was Dennis Allen. Trey Hendrickson, he's a hard worker. You go back to 2024, he led the league in sacks, fourth in hits, fourth in hurries. Last year, only played in seven games, had a hip issue, fifth in pass rush grade when he played, fifth in pass rush win percentage when he played, ninth in pressure percentage when he played. I go back and watch a tape. He's still got it. He's got a quick first step. He's still strong. He's still physical. He is still master's level pass rusher. Some of these guys are playing checkers.
He's playing chess. What I want to make sure, medicals check out. You bring him in on the free agent visit. Everything looks good. You say his hip's okay. This guy can still play some ball. Give him a look. Trey Hendrickson, I think you would fit Dennis Allen, a guy that you can get passers from, without having to trade for Max Crosby. I've even seen people saying, trade for Miles Garrett. Yeah, good luck. Without having to give up your entire roster. You have to give up Josh Giddey, Matas Berzelis, all those guys. Bulls players. So you wouldn't have to give anything up. And I am. I told you I watched some tape on some edge rushers. Adafi Owe is a little homework for you listeners out there. If you want to see an edge rusher, just type in his highlight if you want to.
I went and watched the game against the Patriots. He's another guy I could see them signing. Big defensive end, edge rusher. Marshall and Grody, give me your thoughts on Trey Hendricks.
Why is Trey Hendrickson a valuable target for the Bears?
I like the one part that I really like. Trey Hendrickson is terrific. I like the part where you said, make sure this man is totally and completely healthy and that I'm sure there are ways of projecting such things in terms of the health, the history, all of that. Because what goes through my head at the age of 32 is another guy in a different scenario, all that kind of stuff. Jared Allen, once upon a time, came to the Chicago Bears at the end of his career from Minnesota. I don't think he had been as successful in the previous seasons, taking into account that Trey Hendrickson only had seven starts last year, four sacks over that, but the back-to-back 17.5 game sacks as well. So with that all said, and if it checks out, and if he is, as you said, from watching the film, that he's a real one, I'm down with it.
So my question to your question or your statement, I guess, is how much you want to pay this guy? Because he just made $29 million last year. How much would you be willing to pay Trey Hendrickson going into his age 32 season?
Here's the problem with that is you already invested a ton into your defensive line, right? So it is difficult for whoever you want to bring in.
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