If a strong enough Day 2 pick is available for trade, could the Cincinnati Bengals pivot from their hardline stance and deal ...

Hendrickson has been granted permission to seek a trade by the Cincinnati Bengals, but that doesn't mean he wants to leave. Hill says he knows Hendrickson's preference is to remain in Cincinnati.

So that's where things stand -- the Bengals granted Hendrickson and his reps permission to seek a trade and they have apparently found that other teams, indeed, will pay him what he wants. That leaves ...