Should Dockery Be Re-signed Before Free Agency Starts (next Friday)

[MTK]

Great logic. So because he's young let's just give him a blank check.

Brilliant.

Why not just make him the highest paid OL in the league while we're at it.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

well if it came down to the two i would rather it be dockery. But im sure since your a suck up for the skins you would rather take someone elses player instead of build with your own.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR

well if it came down to the two i would rather it be dockery. But im sure since your a suck up for the skins you would rather take someone elses player instead of build with your own.

Would you offer Dockery more than say Steve Hutchinson is getting? At what point do you draw the line on how much he should get paid?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR

well if it came down to the two i would rather it be dockery. But im sure since your a suck up for the skins you would rather take someone elses player instead of build with your own.

It has nothing to do with sucking up to the Skins... I'm just trying to figure out why you would blow the bank on a guy that's not even our best lineman.

[budw38]

Wouldn't want him to get a 40 million $$$$ deal , but would rather keep him than try and get another guy to learn the playbook when we have a young QB and an aging OL .

[sportscurmudgeon]

Chief:

The problem is that the Skins should not overpay anyone - not a current member of the team nor a FA who played for someone else last year.

However, we know that the Skins have this tendency to overpay based on past evidence. So, if they are in the situation where they are about to overpay someone and there are two possible players who will be the recipient of the overpayment, here's the rule I would use:

If you must overpay someone, OVERPAY THE BETTER PLAYER. I don't care who he played for last year, get the best player even if you are going to pay more for him than he's worth.

And Dockery isn't the best lineman on the team at the moment. He improved a lot last year and with that improvement, he moved just above the level of "average" as an OL. If any team gives him a monster contract, they are taking a HUGE risk and will be saddled with that contract for a while - - because no one will trade for Dockery if he comes with a monster contract strapped to his back.

Oh, by the way, Steinbach is a significantly better guard than Dockery.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Chief:

The problem is that the Skins should not overpay anyone - not a current member of the team nor a FA who played for someone else last year.

However, we know that the Skins have this tendency to overpay based on past evidence. So, if they are in the situation where they are about to overpay someone and there are two possible players who will be the recipient of the overpayment, here's the rule I would use:

If you must overpay someone, OVERPAY THE BETTER PLAYER. I don't care who he played for last year, get the best player even if you are going to pay more for him than he's worth.

And Dockery isn't the best lineman on the team at the moment. He improved a lot last year and with that improvement, he moved just above the level of "average" as an OL. If any team gives him a monster contract, they are taking a HUGE risk and will be saddled with that contract for a while - - because no one will trade for Dockery if he comes with a monster contract strapped to his back.

Oh, by the way, Steinbach is a significantly better guard than Dockery.

Thank you SC for bringing some logical rationale to the discussion. It was sorely lacking here for the past few minutes.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

no hutchinson a way better player. but were not talking about hutch. were talking about dock or stein. i would take dock i think he coming into his own. If were going to overpay like we always do. I would rather spend it on dock than someone else from another team. But hey i know you guys love FA because we never have any draft picks. I would rather keep my own.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR

no hutchinson a way better player. but were not talking about hutch. were talking about dock or stein. i would take dock i think he coming into his own. If were going to overpay like we always do. I would rather spend it on dock than someone else from another team. But hey i know you guys love FA because we never have any draft picks. I would rather keep my own.

I'm saying though, if Dock is asking to be at a level equal to or higher than the highest paid linemen in the league (free agent or not) then the Redskins have to think twice about it. Ideally, I'd like for us to keep Dock, just like we re-signed Jansen and Betts. But he's not worth hurting ourselves in the grand scheme of things.

Unfortunately, he holds the upper hand in the court of public appeal.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

everyone else comes here getting crazy contract why cant dock get one.

[budw38]

Originally Posted by CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR

everyone else comes here getting crazy contract why cant dock get one.

Because he aint know AA

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

Ohh i forgot we only give big signing bonuses to players from other teams not your own draft picks. Because you can sell more new jersheys instead of the ones already on the team. Duh

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

Damn i dont rememeber anyone here last year caring about what we paid to players. Wow 10 mill here and there everywhere, for bums like lloyd,randel el,AA,carter. Worst of all throwing extra draft picks away on lloyd and duckett. But we have a chance to sign a good player to stay we cant pay him because he cant be the hightest paid olineman that laughable. We have the highest paid saftey in AA. you tell me he better than Taylor, shoot he not even beter than clark we let go last year. Where were you last year. We cant pay AA its not fair to taylor blah blah blah. We spent the most money on WR in the league 10 mill here and there where were you last yr talking about we cant spend it on WR. I didnt here you guys saying these guys shouldnt be paid as much as other wr. You guys were singing the FA tune all last year wow we can go around the cap blah blah blah. It doesnt matter lol. Now all the sudden we cant pay a good player that we developed that a shame. That why we will never win until we start paying our own. Why do you think the players on the team feel this way. Because they see it year in and year out we pay other player but never take care of our own.

[SmootSmack]

I think it comes down to that basic philosophical question. Does a player earn his money from his previously accomplished body of work (Archuleta) or for his potential future (Dockery)

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

I think it comes down to that basic philosophical question. Does a player earn his money from his previously accomplished body of work (Archuleta) or for his potential future (Dockery)

Or do you just say F it and give him a blank check, and then convert him to another position.