BILLS, LIONS BUNGLED TRADE FOR DOCKERY
If you're looking for evidence that things have changed in Detroit, keep looking.
Though a tango such as the one described below requires two teams, the fact that one of them was the Lions really isn't much of a surprise.
According to the Washington Post, the Lions were poised pull off a trade for guard Derrick Dockery, but the paperwork didn't get filed in time.
That said, the account provided by Jason La Canfora of the Post is a bit confusing. He writes that the paperwork didn't make it to the Management Council before 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 26. But since no trades can happen until the first day of the league year (this year, February 27), nothing could have been done on the 26th.
Another confusing fact is that word of Dockery's release by the Bills broke well before the 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursday.
It's therefore possible that, once the Lions heard that Dockery was being cut, they tried to swing a trade in order to get Dockery before he hit the open market -- and thus could decline a luxury cabin inside the fractured, sunken hull of the Titanic.
If that's the case, the Lions knew what they were doing. Because even though they made a run at signing Dockery once he was free, Dockery took $3.5 million less over the life of the deal to return to D.C.
With the Redskins, Dockery signed a five-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million in guaranteed money and $11.5 million paid out over the first two years.
And what a difference two year makes. In 2007, Dockery inked a seven-year, $49 million deal with $18 million in guaranteed money.
Though a tango such as the one described below requires two teams, the fact that one of them was the Lions really isn't much of a surprise.
According to the Washington Post, the Lions were poised pull off a trade for guard Derrick Dockery, but the paperwork didn't get filed in time.
That said, the account provided by Jason La Canfora of the Post is a bit confusing. He writes that the paperwork didn't make it to the Management Council before 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 26. But since no trades can happen until the first day of the league year (this year, February 27), nothing could have been done on the 26th.
Another confusing fact is that word of Dockery's release by the Bills broke well before the 4:00 p.m. EST on Thursday.
It's therefore possible that, once the Lions heard that Dockery was being cut, they tried to swing a trade in order to get Dockery before he hit the open market -- and thus could decline a luxury cabin inside the fractured, sunken hull of the Titanic.
If that's the case, the Lions knew what they were doing. Because even though they made a run at signing Dockery once he was free, Dockery took $3.5 million less over the life of the deal to return to D.C.
With the Redskins, Dockery signed a five-year, $27 million contract with $8.5 million in guaranteed money and $11.5 million paid out over the first two years.
And what a difference two year makes. In 2007, Dockery inked a seven-year, $49 million deal with $18 million in guaranteed money.
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imagine that, the two worst organizations in profootball can't even execute a trade together.
No fault by Bills on Dock
Here's the clarification on the potential trade of Derrick Dockery to Detroit that never came down.
The Bills planned to release Dockery on Thursday. About two hours before the 4 p.m. deadline to make cuts, the Bills heard from Detroit, which was interested in acquiring Dockery. Talks ensued. Dockery was due a roster bonus at 12:01 a.m. Friday of $1.75 million.
If the Bills were going to make a trade, Dockery would have to agree to push back the bonus and he would have to get a physical in Detroit and agree to the deal before it could be official. So the Bills would have to file paperwork to push back the roster bonus to the fifth day of the league year. That paperwork would have to be filed by 4 p.m. Talks between the Bills and Lions ensued and there was no deal as of 3:30 p.m. The Bills might have been able to acquire Jon Kitna, a league source reports, but the Bills already had targeted Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Bengals and wanted him instead.
By the time the Bills and Lions finally came to an agreement on what they would deal in return for Dockery - it was a seventh-round pick in 2010 - it was within minutes of the 4 p.m. deadline, and the Bills determined that there was no way they could get all the paperwork required done in time to make it happen. The Bills filed the paperwork to release Dockery. They never even filed any of the paperwork required to push the bonus back five days. Dockery was free to pursue free agency, which he did.
---Mark Gaughan
Buffalo News
quit hatin on the lions guys. they have enough probs as it is and they don't need any more negativity.
Dockery's agent said the Bills weren't at fault. And for a 7th rounder in 2010, it was basically almost nothing they "missed-out" on.
Why didthe Bills cut him only two years after the big contract? He is a solid guard, which are hard to come by in this league.
yo florio, my message got deleted, because that dumb scrambled code below is impossible to read. ARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH bring back the old PFT.
also the lions aint gonna win in 2009, so stop trying to post stories about them.
The Bills released Dockery not b/c he's a bad Guard but b/c their new line coach wants more Denver-esque types of O-linemen (smaller, quicker guys), Dockery is the big road grater type.
Dockery was a player the Skins didn't want to let go but did b/c of the crazy contract Buffalo threw out there (amazing somebody out bid the skins, right?) and now he comes back knowing the system and wanting to be in DC.
Thanks Buffalo for letting him go and thanks Detroit for not getting the deal done.
This is the Lions we are talking about; they've bungled just about everything since 1957, so why should it change with new management? Stay the course; keep losing!