NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport notes that even though the Bengals star pass-rusher has been granted permission to seek a trade, there is a multi-step process that needs to happen in order for it to actually be executed.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, for example, says all signs force him to think that Hendrickson's time with the Bengals is at an end.

With a contract dispute between both parties, the Bengals have granted All-Pro EDGE Trey Hendrickson permission to seek a trade.