Derrick Dockery signs with the Bills

[FRPLG]

He got the same contract that Hutch got last year basically. Only in bizaro world is Dockery even in the same sentence as Hutch. I was for keeping Dock for continuity reasons and because he is certainly talented enough for a guard but the amount of money he got is totally stupid.

I don't want to hear any more f*cking bullshit from teams like Buffalo complaining about being small market teams and not being able to compete when now they're the ones blowing the market out of the water. 49 mil for Dock???? WTF??? Com'on!

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

He got the same contract that Hutch got last year basically. Only in bizaro world is Dockery even in the same sentence as Hutch. I was for keeping Dock for continuity reasons and because he is certainly talented enough for a guard but the amount of money he got is totally stupid.

I don't want to hear any more f*cking bullshit from teams like Buffalo complaining about being small market teams and not being able to compete when now they're the ones blowing the market out of the water. 49 mil for Dock???? WTF??? Com'on!

he got the same contract because he is not even in his prime yet. The guy is a beast, he has only been in the league 4 years, a 3rd round pick, all american. It is a loss. we will have to overpay someone to take his spot.
and to say the Bills are blowing up the market, come on. we have blown up the market for the last 8 years. When does a punt return specialist and 3rd receiver get 10 million up front and 30+million, only on the Redskins. An unproven head case receiver gets the same deal. come on, seriously.

[5RINGS]

Derrick Dockery says
"This is a beautiful thing," said Dockery. "Derrick Dockery had a great time on his visit here in Buffalo. It's a top notch organization, owner, coach, the players, the fans, the city… they love their Bills and I'm really excited to be a part of it. Derrick Dockery love Buffalo

"When did he start talking in the third person?

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

"When did he start talking in the third person?

Ever since Fred Smoot came back into town. By the way I got a big laugh out of the Leonard Davis T-Rex arms reference.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

Derrick Dockery says
"This is a beautiful thing," said Dockery. "Derrick Dockery had a great time on his visit here in Buffalo. It's a top notch organization, owner, coach, the players, the fans, the city… they love their Bills and I'm really excited to be a part of it. Derrick Dockery love Buffalo

"When did he start talking in the third person?

When he saw 16 mill. up front.

[MTK]

And by the way Dockery was the 3rd best player at his position behind Steinbach and Dielman for anyone keeping track. Dock was NOT the best guard available.

[itvnetop]

This offseason is reminding me of the nba a few offseasons ago (the cavs gave larry hughes 14/year). i'm glad we didn't resign dock at that figure... even if the market is overpaying, there's no point in screwing your cap for the future. the salaries won't be as bloated for FAs every season.

[Big C]

not worth steve hutchinson money

[JWsleep]

Just to chime in, if the skins had made this deal, they would be ridiculed from top to bottom by everyone in the league, and lots of folks on this board. The fact is, we can't afford this particular deal for this particular player.

The market for guards is obviously rather inflated right now--teams need o-line help and are flush with cap cash. It's a sellers market. And we don't have the cap space, given our D needs.

Dock is good, and most likely will improve--guess the Bills are betting on the upside there. But recall that Dock had motivation issues and had Buges pushing him, not to mention his best buddy Samuels by his side. Wonder if he'll have the same motivation in Buffalo?

I would have liked to have re-signed Dock last year. But my guess is his agent properly saw where the market was going, and correctly advised his client to wait. Now they are super rich. Best wishes to him, but there was no way we could keep him.

[squrrelco3]

John Clayton mentioned that the draft was extremely deep along the O-Line this year with potential starters being available as late as the third round. For that kind of money, I say let him go, lets take our chances on the draft.

[#56fanatic]

Originally Posted by squrrelco3

John Clayton mentioned that the draft was extremely deep along the O-Line this year with potential starters being available as late as the third round. For that kind of money, I say let him go, lets take our chances on the draft.

One small problem there. 1st...5th - 7th. no 2nd 3rd or 4th picks.

[budw38]

I agree that Doc is not in the same class at Hutchison . but I would rather pay him 16 mill than AA & B Loyd the 20 mill that they got , * the two draft picks for Loyd . Hope Pucillo can be a nasty MF in that spot . This Organization better get working on Cooley and Taylor , although I would be shocked if Taylor stayed in DC after this year .

[Schneed10]

One thing we need to all get used to: contract values are going to go up every year. The contracts players are getting this year are going to be dwarfed next year.

That said, even in this new world order of higher contracts, Dockery was not worth a $16 million signing bonus. Smart move by the team in exercising restraint. The Bills can have him at that price.

[T.O.Killa]

Thats an insane amount of money for him. What is scary, is that at this point, if I was Smoot, I would be asking for all the money in light of these monster contracts.

[saden1]

Wow, they gave him the money Steve Hutchinson got. No f'ing way he is worth that much. He is not even 60% as good as Steve Hutchinson (best OG in the game IMO).

Best of luck to Doc and props to him and his agent for getting that kind of money.