Dockery Cut:

[MTK]

Originally Posted by RedskinPete

Is Dock one of those pickups that looks good now but turns out bad? Why did the Bill give up on him? Is thier someone else better in the draft or FA? Were taking a big chance on Hall so I like the next few pick up to be more of a sure things!

I don't think it was performance related at all. He's still a very solid player the Bills are just realizing they need to seriously tighten their belts.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I don't think it was performance related at all. He's still a very solid player the Bills are just realizing they need to seriously tighten their belts.

Yes, they overpaid for him and now realize it. I'm sure they were satisfied with his performance, but the deal was just TOO BIG for a lineman in the first place. They got their man, then realized it was a bad financial position...sort of like some guy that walks into an auto auction and immediately says "$50,000!" for a car currently bidding at $20,000...of course everyone else is going to just let him have it for that price.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I don't think it was performance related at all. He's still a very solid player the Bills are just realizing they need to seriously tighten their belts.

I heard, and actually Gmanc would probably know this better since he's up around them parts, that the biggest reason they let Dockery go is that they're working on renegotiating Jason Peters' deal and he's insisting that he has to be the highest paid linemen on the team...so by cutting Dockery and his contract it makes that less impressive.

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I heard, and actually Gmanc would probably know this better since he's up around them parts, that the biggest reason they let Dockery go is that they're working on renegotiating Jason Peters' deal and he's insisting that he has to be the highest paid linemen on the team...so by cutting Dockery and his contract it makes that less impressive.

There is a lot of truth to that, I dont know if thats exactly why they let Dock go, but theres been a lot of back and fourth between Peters & Buffalo. Peters held out well into training camp last year, and the Bills didnt budge at all, and finally Peters had to come back to the same contract, and he really didnt play as well as he had the previous years, in fact well under that (according to some Bills fans I know, I dont watch Buffalo cause they often play opposite WSH or I'll watch Dallas/Philly/NYG) ... I havent heard too much about the negotiations thusfar this year; but I know that was big last year...

There is very little news up here in Buffalo, they tend to be the exact opposite of Washington, not spending ANY money. In fact, people were stunned when they signed Dockery to that type of deal because they never do that sort of thing...I'm very suprised they let Dockery go; they have the cap space to keep whoever they want as far as I know... but I'm really hoping the Skins' pick up Dockery (or another starting offensive linemen) and draft some more... I mean I'm gald if they did anything on the defense, it was the line...but I'd still much rather see the money spent on the offensive side of the ball given how ineffective we were for 12 of our 16 games last season.