Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported Monday that he gets the sense that the Bengals and DE Trey Hendrickson have closed the gap on average annual salary in contract negotiations, with Breer saying the team is well above $30 million per year and closer to the top of the market than people think.

The Cowboys have paid Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb recently. The Bengals paid two wide receivers this offseason, Ja'Marr Chase and sidekick Tee Higgins. But the Bengals won't pay Hendrickson, not giving him as much guaranteed money as he wants. And the Cowboys aren't even negotiating with Parsons.

The Cincinnati Bengals are at training camp and now sack leader Trey Hendrickson is here with them — this despite the fact that Hendrickson recently told NFL Network that the Bengals' offer and guarantees "are atrociously,