Sports Illustrated insider Hondo Carpenter reported on Wednesday that he has heard the Raiders are the “front runner” to pull off a trade for Trey Hendrickson.
Carpenter added that nothing is imminent between the Raiders and Bengals but was confident the Raiders are trying to bring the star defensive end to Las Vegas.
On Thursday, Carpenter said his sentiment hasn’t changed but offered relatively bleak odds that Hendrickson is going to end up in the desert.
“I put the chances at 15 percent, but still at this point around the NFL, the feeling is that they are the front runner,” Carpenter said on the Las Vegas Raiders Insider podcast. “I’ve had a lot of people ask me what I think the timeline would be. Probably before the second game of the season. I could see the Bengals waiting to see if he’s really going to hold out.”
According to multiple reports, the Bengals’ asking price for Hendrickson has dropped in recent days, but until this week, there had not been any reports definitively linking the Raiders to interest in Hendrickson.
Asked on Thursday if he thought the Raiders were the “front runners” to get Hendrickson, flagship radio host Q Myers said he has doubts.
“I’m laughing because no, I really don’t,” Myers said on the Locked on Raiders Squad Show podcast. “They very well could be in the market for him. I know that this Patrick Graham defense is all about getting pressure on the quarterback and everything goes after that.”
“When it comes to giving big names, big money and going out and making a big splash, I don’t think the staff is interested in that. At least not right now. I could be absolutely wrong, but when I hear that an NFL executive thinks that the Raiders are the front runners, I feel like you could throw the Raiders’ name into every rumor that’s out there,” Myers continued.
“Raiders are the front runners for Micah Parsons. Raiders are the front runners for a you insert whatever you want to insert, and it makes it that much sexier. I don’t buy it. I don’t believe it until I see it. I could be absolutely wrong. I have no problem coming back later and saying, ‘Hey, my bad, I got that one incorrect. I read the room incorrectly.’”
“I think that a lot of times, these reports just kind of pop up and it’s easy to throw it out there, and there’s no consequences of repercussions when it’s not correct. I just take it for what it is with a grain of salt. I don’t think there’s too much there.”
x: @raidersbeat
Where did you find this useless story Honda?
15%?? Why even bother reporting this?
This just in “I believe we have 9% chance of trading for Josh Allen”