San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/redskins-cut-derrick-dockery/ If you recall, Washington signed him to a 5-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million guaranteed and $11 million guaranteed over the first two years. This year, his first under Shanny, Dockery started 3 games before being benched. But he made $11 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/redskins-cut-derrick-dockery/ If you recall, Washington signed him to a 5-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million guaranteed and $11 million guaranteed over the first two years. This year, his first under Shanny, Dockery started 3 games before being benched. But he made $11 million. Washington cuts a player that they overpaid for after the Bills cut him...who overpaid for him to get as a FA from the Redskins. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Washington cuts a player that they overpaid for after the Bills cut him...who overpaid for him to get as a FA from the Redskins. Priceless. Yep. For a mediocre football player, he's made a helluva lot of money in his career. He might qualify for most overpaid player in NFL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AReed Deep For 7 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Washington cuts a player that they overpaid for after the Bills cut him...who overpaid for him to get as a FA from the Redskins. Priceless. i wish i could get a job from dan snyder, i loveeeeee seeing the skins make idiots out of themselves over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yep. For a mediocre football player, he's made a helluva lot of money in his career. He might qualify for most overpaid player in NFL history. Mike Shanahan is steadily getting rid of the old guard players who under performed and were over payed. Portis just got released, Haynesworth will be released sometime soon and McNabb (with a reasonable contract) will be traded for a pittance. The Skins and the Bills are both in a rebuilding mode. As it presently stands neither team has a long term franchise qb on their roster and over a three year period 75% of the roster will be turned over. Both HCs/GMs are in the process of undoing the foolishness of the previous regimes. It is interesting to observe, using the Skins as a prime example, that although the owners complain how salaries have skyrocketed and have gotten out of control they themselves are mostly to blame. The Portis and Haynesworth contracts were insanely foolish. Being financially reckless and being stupendously stupid go hand in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 That last bit is well said. Greed is a nasty habit. Winning at any cost and overpaying is not too smart either. Are they releasing anyone of interest to us Bills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 That last bit is well said. Greed is a nasty habit. Winning at any cost and overpaying is not too smart either. Are they releasing anyone of interest to us Bills? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 well to heck with the idiot bastards then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraps Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yep. For a mediocre football player, he's made a helluva lot of money in his career. He might qualify for most overpaid player in NFL history. Fortunately he achieved the label of mediocre, unlike Maybin or McCargo who were just busts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Mike Shanahan is steadily getting rid of the old guard players who under performed and were over payed. Portis just got released, Haynesworth will be released sometime soon and McNabb (with a reasonable contract) will be traded for a pittance. The Skins and the Bills are both in a rebuilding mode. As it presently stands neither team has a long term franchise qb on their roster and over a three year period 75% of the roster will be turned over. Both HCs/GMs are in the process of undoing the foolishness of the previous regimes. It is interesting to observe, using the Skins as a prime example, that although the owners complain how salaries have skyrocketed and have gotten out of control they themselves are mostly to blame. The Portis and Haynesworth contracts were insanely foolish. Being financially reckless and being stupendously stupid go hand in hand. If only mcnabb was from the old regime.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) If only mcnabb was from the old regime.... Shanahan acquired McNabb in a trade for draft picks. It didn't take long for him and his staff to realize that he didn't meet their expectations. So instead of dawdling they took decisive action in benching him. Compare that to how the Bills have allowed a noncontributing McCargo to linger on the roster for the past few years? Rebuilding teams such as the Skins and the Bills are going to be making a lot of personnel moves. Some are going to work out and some will not. In hindsight, Shanahan made a big mistake in trading away picks for McNabb. His reasoning was that he thought that McNabb would give him a capable qb for the next few years. Although McNabb is unarguably on the downside of his career that wasn't the main problem. They got a qb who likes to free lance out of the pocket when their system called for quickly reading defenses and being precise where you go with the ball. The bottom line was that he was a poor fit for the Shanahan's system. Edited March 2, 2011 by JohnC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 In Marv we trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Likely a cap move. A lot of teams are getting rid of overpaid players to try and brace for a potential salary cap. The Jets just released a whole bunch of overpaid and under-preforming players just to try to lower their potential cap number. Sanity hopefully will be returned to the NFL salary structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodnarb Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Outside of a few notable quarterback busts, I'll bet Dockery has made more money per impact play made, or *per effort spent* than anyone in NFL history. We gave him what, eight hundred and seventy-eight bazillion dollars? For a few holding penalties, a couple blocks that any UFA can make, and a big bright toothy smile. A big bright toothy smile. Derrick Freaking Dockery. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/redskins-cut-derrick-dockery/ If you recall, Washington signed him to a 5-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million guaranteed and $11 million guaranteed over the first two years. This year, his first under Shanny, Dockery started 3 games before being benched. But he made $11 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yep. For a mediocre football player, he's made a helluva lot of money in his career. He might qualify for most overpaid player in NFL history. Seriously. I guess one could say he also had one of the most successful NFL financial careers. If it ends today, what did he make? $50 mil? For being one big POS. I'm not looking it up, but it has to be up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 i wish i could get a job from dan snyder, i loveeeeee seeing the skins make idiots out of themselves over and over Is this a pot meets kettle moment? (It was the Bills that made Dockery one of the highest paid LG in the entire NFL.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Likely a cap move. A lot of teams are getting rid of overpaid players to try and brace for a potential salary cap. The Jets just released a whole bunch of overpaid and under-preforming players just to try to lower their potential cap number. Sanity hopefully will be returned to the NFL salary structure. I wouldn't characterize this as a cap move. Dockery only started three games last year before being benched. He still collected his money. Yes, if he was only making $900K/year they might have kept him as a reserve, but I think it's most likely that he just isn't very good. Spltting hairs, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Seriously. I guess one could say he also had one of the most successful NFL financial careers. If it ends today, what did he make? $50 mil? For being one big POS. I'm not looking it up, but it has to be up there Yup, he should be wearing a mask and carrying burglar tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoretalk Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/01/redskins-cut-derrick-dockery/ If you recall, Washington signed him to a 5-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million guaranteed and $11 million guaranteed over the first two years. This year, his first under Shanny, Dockery started 3 games before being benched. But he made $11 million. I want SHANNY!!!!! Something is terribly wrong with the Bills that we couldn't get him ... now I really really want him! And, his little boy toto too .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaMike Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Shanahan acquired McNabb in a trade for draft picks. It didn't take long for him and his staff to realize that he didn't meet their expectations. So instead of dawdling they took decisive action in benching him. Compare that to how the Bills have allowed a noncontributing McCargo to linger on the roster for the past few years? Rebuilding teams such as the Skins and the Bills are going to be making a lot of personnel moves. Some are going to work out and some will not. In hindsight, Shanahan made a big mistake in trading away picks for McNabb. His reasoning was that he thought that McNabb would give him a capable qb for the next few years. Although McNabb is unarguably on the downside of his career that wasn't the main problem. They got a qb who likes to free lance out of the pocket when their system called for quickly reading defenses and being precise where you go with the ball. The bottom line was that he was a poor fit for the Shanahan's system. I generally agree with what you said, but comparing McCargo to McNabb is like comparing apples to oranges. In mcNabbs case Shanny should have well known qwhat he was getting as there was a 10 year professional body of work. McNabb wasn't going to change and he should have known that. In McCargo's case, there was a decent possibility that he could learn and improve -- since we invested such a high pick, we needed to take that chance that he could improve -- looks like he can't. The McNabb move was a big mistake made by Shanahan when he should have known better because he knew the QB and knew the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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