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In a bit of a sourceoff, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport would only report that surgery is on the table, not that Hendrickson is “set to undergo” the surgery. Either way, undergoing the surgery would knock Hendrickson out for approximately six weeks, meaning his season would be over barring a miracle Bengals playoff appearance. It does feel like we’ve seen the last of Hendrickson for 2025, and it would appear that he’ll enter free agency unless the Bengals franchise tag him.

Always good to get that out of the way early. Hendrickson hasn’t played since October 26 and per Taylor will visit a specialist. We’d be surprised if we see Hendrickson again this season barring a miracle Bengals playoff run.

No surprises here. Burton was suspended earlier this morning, and Hendrickson was ruled out earlier in the week with a hip injury. Browning is the emergency third quarterback.

Taylor said Hendrickson was doubtful entering the week before saying the star pass rusher is still considered “week-to-week” when asked about his future availability. Hendrickson has missed three straight games due to his injury and is primarily working with trainers, per Taylor. We’ll see if Hendrickson can get back on the field come Week 15 when the Bengals face the Ravens.

No surprise that a player in protocol will miss a short-week game. Brooks’ absence will leave the Bengals with little behind Chase Brown unless Samaje Perine is able to return from a high-ankle sprain on Thursday. Gary Brightwell, a special teamer, is the only other back on the roster. Kendall Milton is hanging out on the practice squad. Don’t be surprised to see Bengals RB workouts ahead of Thursday’s game. Trey Hendrickson (hip) was also ruled out for Thursday, as usual.

Hendrickson will miss his third-straight week with the injury, and has not practiced since the lead-up to Week 8’s game against the Jets. The Bengals will continue to be one of the defenses who turn WR3s into WR2s and TE2s into TE1s.

Taylor said the same of Hendrickson at the start of last week before the star pass rusher was eventually ruled out. It sounds as if Hendrickson is a near lock to miss his third-straight game with this injury, which will have sidelined him for nearly a month by the time Sunday’s game against the Patriots comes around. The decision not to place Hendrickson on IR would suggest he could have a shot at returning in Week 13 against the Ravens, although we’ll wait to see how practice unfolds before drawing any conclusions.

There are no surprises here after Hendrickson was ruled out by the team before the weekend. The Bengals will again be without their top pass rusher in a divisional round matchup against the Steelers, who have lost three of their last four games and fell to the Bengals in Week 7.

It remains to be seen when Hendrickson will play again, as he did not practice all week. Shemar Stewart (knee) also remains out with a long-term injury. Pittsburgh’s offense should be able to get back on track against one of the NFL’s weakest defenses this week.

Hendrickson re-aggravated his hip injury in Week 8’s loss to the Jets and hasn’t played a game since. Despite initially being called “day-to-day” by Taylor, Hendrickson appears to be on track to miss a second consecutive game with his injury. We’ll check back in on Hendrickson’s official status when the Bengals release their final injury report on Friday but it sounds like we can safely assume he will be out in Week 11.