Front Office - Why isn't Cooley extended?

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by dmek25

to me, its strictly up to Cooley, and where he wants to play. the money is probably going to be close to the same everywhere. right around 5 years, 25 million. maybe around a 8-10 million dollar bonus. hopefully he wants to stay

Daniel Graham got 5 years, $30 million, $15 million guaranteed with the Broncos this offseason and Cooley is way better than him. Cooley is 3 years younger, and has gotten way more catches, yards, and touchdowns in three seasons than Graham has gotten in five years. Cooley's contract is going to be ridiculous if he hits the open market.

Grahams stats after 5 seasons:
120 catches, 1393 yards, 17 tds

Cooleys stats after 3 seasons:
165 catches, 1822 yards, 19 tds

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by Drift Reality

Is anyone else worried about the fact that Chris Cooley hasn't been extended yet?

I'm sorry, but seeing our weakened position at LG, and seeing the impact that Cooley is having in pre-season already, makes me wonder why we haven't extended Cooley yet. I mention LG because I think had we extended Dock before last season we would have been in a much better position than we currently find ourselves in.

We did a great job extending Betts and Sellers. I wonder if Cooley's agent simply isn't negotiating because he is expecting a big season from Cools?

What do you guys think?

I think if it came to the very end and nothing gets done The Skins will use the franchise tag on Cooley - they are not going to let him go as a unrestricted free agent.

As for Sean Taylor we still have a couple years on his deal so they are not going to touch him before Cooley, but I think they will get both resigned.

[Drift Reality]

From JLC:

The Skins And Dock Were On Different Planets

The chasm between the Redskins and Derrick always existed, but I didn't realize just how great the difference was between their offers and Buffalo's until tonight. Howard and I spoke to some team sources and what they told us was pretty remarkable.

I'm not going to post the numbers here, but they'll be on the web later tonight I imagine as we update our stories and definitely in most editions of the paper tonight (although one edition has already gone to print by now if you can believe that).

The Bills deal was exponentially greater than anything the Redskins were dangling. Even had Dock got the kind of deal I thought he might as of Thursday afternoon - $12 mil guaranteed, $5 million ish per season - it wouldn't have been close.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Drift Reality

From JLC:

The Skins And Dock Were On Different Planets

The chasm between the Redskins and Derrick always existed, but I didn't realize just how great the difference was between their offers and Buffalo's until tonight. Howard and I spoke to some team sources and what they told us was pretty remarkable.

I'm not going to post the numbers here, but they'll be on the web later tonight I imagine as we update our stories and definitely in most editions of the paper tonight (although one edition has already gone to print by now if you can believe that).

The Bills deal was exponentially greater than anything the Redskins were dangling. Even had Dock got the kind of deal I thought he might as of Thursday afternoon - $12 mil guaranteed, $5 million ish per season - it wouldn't have been close.

That would be like taken AA's contract we gave him and compared it to what his or other teams offered him. What was our offer and was it a fair deal and did the Bills just way over pay him? Thats the real question. You cannot use this to make a point unless you know what our offer was to say it was a low ball offer. I'm sure if we use the contract we gave AA one could say his other offers where low ball when they could have been a fair deal and what he was really worth.

[70Chip]

I would hope they do the deal by Christmas. It really is up to Cooley. If he wants to go, he can probably get more money from someplace else. I just hope that Snyder doesn't get it into his head to be chincy with the guy. I think he has a tendency to lose sight of the big picture when the negotiations get tough. I guess this will be the great non-football sub-plot of the year. (Let's hope so anyway)

[RMSkins]

I would be willing to bet that Cooley will not be playing for the Redskins next year. Don't ask me why I just have a weird feeling that his extension is not going to get done, which would be one of the worst things to happen to this franchise in recent memory.

[hagams]

I'd like to see him signed early this season that way it's done with. No need to drag this out all year. I know if both Cooley and Taylor left the team right now, I wouldn't have much interest in watching all the games. They are too hot playmakers that deserve some money.

[MTK]

Dockery's situation was ridiculous. I'm not sure what the Bills were smoking exactly, but they gave superstar money to a decent player. Cooley will at least deserve whatever big money he gets, and I think in this case the Skins realize it's going to take a significant deal to keep him here.

With Dockery I think the Skins had a reasonable number in mind given the type of player he is, and the Bills just blew things out of the water. I really can't fault the Skins for letting him go, and at the same time I don't blame Dockery for taking the money.

[Drift Reality]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Dockery's situation was ridiculous. I'm not sure what the Bills were smoking exactly, but they gave superstar money to a decent player. Cooley will at least deserve whatever big money he gets, and I think in this case the Skins realize it's going to take a significant deal to keep him here.

With Dockery I think the Skins had a reasonable number in mind given the type of player he is, and the Bills just blew things out of the water. I really can't fault the Skins for letting him go, and at the same time I don't blame Dockery for taking the money.

I think the Redskins could have secured Dockery before he ever got to the open market for an affordable price if they didn't low-ball him.

Part of these guys job includes forecasting the market and making prudent decisions about players based on their forecasts.

We shouldn't even be talking about the ridiculous contract Dockery got.

[skinsWill]

If cooley hits the market we lose him... PERIOD. Hes is too importnat to JC development for us to lose him. We need to pay him like the top 5 TE he is maybe like the #3 he is going to be.... this is one of those time im afraid we arent going to break the bank like we need to.... keep your fingers crossed!