The Rev.Mattb74 ESQ. Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Atleast we have continuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPicc2114 Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I dont care as long as dockery is gone.. Im glad the skins overpaid for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 So one part of the inner lune was trading him while another part of the inner nonagon faxed over the paperwork that he was cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Why is it that teams like the Pats always seem to make good trades and get extra draft picks? DD had trade value, but it takes a smart FO to make it happen. NE has a billion dollars tied up in their 2 QBs, but wait and see what type of mother load they will pull in for Cassel. I hate to say it, but I just don't see this team overtaking anybody in our division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Man, we could have used an extra late round pick. We could have packaged it with our second to move back to the first round for a new DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Why is it that teams like the Pats always seem to make good trades and get extra draft picks?DD had trade value, but it takes a smart FO to make it happen. NE has a billion dollars tied up in their 2 QBs, but wait and see what type of mother load they will pull in for Cassel. I hate to say it, but I just don't see this team overtaking anybody in our division. He only had trade value, if he was willing to redo his contract. Why would he redo his contract to go to a team like Detroit, when he could negotiate with any team in FA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billnutinphoenix Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 PR nightmare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Not for nothing but this is what you get when you have the owner as the president,who lives in Detroit, and no GM. The buck stops somewhere between Buffalo and Detroit...and Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 He only had trade value, if he was willing to redo his contract. Why would he redo his contract to go to a team like Detroit, when he could negotiate with any team in FA? Darwin Walker ring a bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 He only had trade value, if he was willing to redo his contract. Why would he redo his contract to go to a team like Detroit, when he could negotiate with any team in FA? Probably true. But with his upfront money already on Buffalo's books, doesn't it seem as if the guy had trade value? With the kind of money being thrown around this year, his existing contract probably could be handled by plenty of teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Probably true. But with his upfront money already on Buffalo's books, doesn't it seem as if the guy had trade value?With the kind of money being thrown around this year, his existing contract probably could be handled by plenty of teams. Dockery still had $28M left on his deal with the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRW Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I think something is getting lost in translation here. The entire article seems poorly edited. From near the end: "The other strange part of the experience is that Dockery didn't lose much money by being released by the Bills, In fact, he had some financial gains. The Bills paid him $18.5 million during his first two years in Buffalo. Those first two years very pretty much guaranteed." What does that even mean? If you've already been paid money by definition I'd say it's guaranteed. And as others have pointed out, the only deadline the Bills could've been facing was a self-imposed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Not to break up the tar-and-feathering party here, but does anyone think that at 6th rounder (the likely payment for Dockery) would have improved the team much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 damn it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Nole Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I'm not buying what John "Gollum" Clayton is selling. I call bull sh--. Maybe the Bills were exploring trades -- but beyond the Lions -- I'm not sure who would have wanted an underachieving Dockery. The whole deadline thing adds another level of dis-believability. While it would have been nice to get a draft pick -- TBD was hailing Brandon for getting rid of dead weight less than 24 hours ago. This article doesn't hold water in my opinion and shouldn't be enough to jump off the bandwagon just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The article says that he was flown to Detroit for a meeting and physical. You don't do that, before you hit the waiver wire, just for the frequent flier mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The trade would never have happened anyway. Even if the Bills got the paperwork in on time, Dockery's agent would have called the Redskins anyway and gotten Dockery to refuse to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The trade would never have happened anyway. Even if the Bills got the paperwork in on time, Dockery's agent would have called the Redskins anyway and gotten Dockery to refuse to report. What paperwork?...and on time for what? What deadline was missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 The trade would never have happened anyway. Even if the Bills got the paperwork in on time, Dockery's agent would have called the Redskins anyway and gotten Dockery to refuse to report. Great sig line, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 What paperwork?...and on time for what? What deadline was missed? Who knows. But, a team does have to send paperwork to the league for a trade so the league can determine if everything is cap kosher and so on. If the papers get faxed to a porn number of something, then the trade never happened. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if they had both the waiver forms and the trade forms sitting on the desk and faxed the wrong ones between mouthfuls of a ham sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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