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          Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson leaves game with neck injury

          • Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2022, 07:41 PM
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              Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
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          CINCINNATI -- Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson was declared out of Sunday's 35-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons with a neck injury.

          After the Bengals' victory, coach Zac Taylor did not have an immediate update on Hendrickson's injury.

          Hendrickson went down with 3:06 left in the third quarter. A replay showed Hendrickson, with his head down, running into a Bengals defender on the back-side of a scramble by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota.

          Hendrickson was down for a few moments before he got up to a round of applause. He was escorted directly to the locker room by the team's training staff.

          Since Hendrickson joined the Bengals in 2021 free agency, he has been one of the league's most effective pass rushers. The former Florida Atlantic standout tallied a career-high 14 sacks in his first season in Cincinnati, earning his first Pro Bowl nod.

          Hendrickson had one sack against the Falcons before he left the game with the injury.