"The longer you've been in it, the more you recognize that's just part of how things go." Hendrickson and McLaurin are pivotal to their teams' success. If and when they can settle on new deals, they will rejoin squads with realistic championship expectations.

If Cincinnati goes back on its promise not to move Hendrickson, here are some teams that make sense for last year's sacks leader.

Shemar Stewart has been impressive during training camp thus far. But it doesn't preclude him from the traditional rookie duties.