Dockery Spreads Washingtonitis Pandemic to Buffalo

by Burgundy and Gold on Mar 2, 2007 7:25 PM EST in Players Comment 5 comments

Update [2007-3-2 20:0:46 by Skin Patrol]: Ginormous thanks to BnG for posting this, as I was at the Beeratorium picking up some delicious Fermented Stuff. ESPN link is here. Official word from the Redskins here.

Buffalo on Friday night reached an agreement with four-year veteran Derrick Dockery, who had played his entire career with the Washington Redskins, on a seven-year, $49 million contract, ESPN.com learned. The total contract equals the deal that "transition" free agent Steve Hutchinson signed with the Minnesota Vikings last year, a league record for a guard. The contract includes $18.5 million in guarantees and will pay Dockery $23 million in the first three seasons.

Best of luck to Dockery, but I'm glad we were not the ones signing this contract. He's a good Guard. But he ain't that good.

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ESPN is reporting that the Buffalo Bills have signed Derrick Dockery to 7 years at $49 million, including a $16 million signing bonus. Let me take a quick moment to congratulate Dockery, and his agent. For my (Daniel Snyder's) money, I'd say he deserves about half of that contract, and maybe a third of that signing bonus.

However, the folks at the Buffalo Message Board actually seem to be quite pleased about this. My guess is they are all interns working for the Bills organization, covering their GM's patootie.

Mark Clayton also suggested that Washington may be in line for some compensatory picks - assuming that they don't spend a ton of cash on overpaid RFAs. Can anyone look into this? And, is anyone on Hogs Haven actually worried about losing the Dock?

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[editor's note, by Skin Patrol] Let me get this straight... you couldn't afford to keep Nate Clements or London Fletcher, but you could afford to give Dockery 18M in bonuses? Some furious chin scratching is in order.

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First use of "patootie" on HogsHaven

I win

by Burgundy and Gold on Mar 2, 2007 7:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Also...

The pie is in my face if Smoot gets one of these incredible contracts.

by Burgundy and Gold on Mar 2, 2007 7:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Holy Shit.

That goes both for the deal he got and for the use of "patootie". That's a keeper.

Go Register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Mar 2, 2007 7:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Keep clements for 80 million? Dock gone is bad

Dock gone is a huge blow, we will never find a guard with his talent or upswing in the forseeable future. Bills should of kept Clements for 80 million? Thats nuts. I cant believe we spent 25 mill on Fletcher plus bonus for a 32 year old who has a lot of tackles but cant stuff the run. 90% of his tackles were down field.

by uniteddads on Mar 3, 2007 12:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Fair point.

I think Clements (and Fletcher, to a lesser degree) priced themselves out of Buffalo. I'd say the same for Dockery and Washington.

I also agree that losing Dockery was a huge blow, though it is what it is. I don't think we could've afforded to keep him around at the price he was asking.

Go Register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Mar 3, 2007 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs