Redskins And Pucillo Agree to a New Deal

This is the best news I've heard all day.

Hopefully he doesnt have to start for us, but if he does--at least we know things could be worse.

His agent probably told him look, you're probably going to get very little interest on the open market if any... so let's get it over with and re-sign with the Skins and save yourself the embarrassment of being the last kid in gym class that gets picked for kickball.

yeah, I think good agents would do that as they should know the mkt. That's our problem w/Dock, his agent knows there's only a few guys he's competing with in FA & most teams have lots of $$. Peter King is predicting the top 2 guards, Steinbach & Dielman I believe, are looking for S. Hutchinson $, 7mil /yr w/15 bonus if I remember correctly.

yeah, I think good agents would do that as they should know the mkt. That's our problem w/Dock, his agent knows there's only a few guys he's competing with in FA & most teams have lots of $$. Peter King is predicting the top 2 guards, Steinbach & Dielman I believe, are looking for S. Hutchinson $, 7mil /yr w/15 bonus if I remember correctly.

No way they will get close to Hutchinson money IMO. Hutchinson outclasses the guard field and was a special case. Those other guards might be looking for that kind of payday, but they won't get it. I honestly think the guard position might be the easiest position in the NFL. I'm not saying the elite ones don't deserve mucho money, but if Derrick Dockery thinks he is going to get some massive 30 million dollar contract he is crazy.

No way they will get close to Hutchinson money IMO. Hutchinson outclasses the guard field and was a special case. Those other guards might be looking for that kind of payday, but they won't get it. I honestly think the guard position might be the easiest position in the NFL. I'm not saying the elite ones don't deserve mucho money, but if Derrick Dockery thinks he is going to get some massive 30 million dollar contract he is crazy.

I actually think we are going to see ridiculous deals being struck. As noted previously, teams have more cap space to spend on fewer quality free agents since the start of free agency. Whereas in the past, a lot of teams couldn't engage in bidding wars over top-notch FAs due to cap considerations, now there are going to be numerous bidders on the good FAs. The bidding wars might get ridiculous, with teams front-loading deals to use their current cap space and limit the impact of big signings on future cap figures.

would love to see a similar thread for derrick dockery in the next couple of days
NO KIDDING!

I actually think we are going to see ridiculous deals being struck. As noted previously, teams have more cap space to spend on fewer quality free agents since the start of free agency. Whereas in the past, a lot of teams couldn't engage in bidding wars over top-notch FAs due to cap considerations, now there are going to be numerous bidders on the good FAs. The bidding wars might get ridiculous, with teams front-loading deals to use their current cap space and limit the impact of big signings on future cap figures.

True. And things won't improve next year b/c the cap is scheduled for a significant increase.

True. And things won't improve next year b/c the cap is scheduled for a significant increase.It's going to be pretty hard for the FA market to deliver us anything next year.

Our investments this year must be ones that put the team in good hands for the future.

True. And things won't improve next year b/c the cap is scheduled for a significant increase.

True, but at some point the market is going to catch up to the cap increases and you won't see an abundance of teams with $30M in space.

Yes, it will, but probably not until 2009.

Be still my fluttering heart; this is the contract agreement that will put it all over the top and assure playoff glory next year. Anyone know when they will hold the parade?

Why did Pucillo agree to a minimum contract prior to free agency? Simple. If he didn't sign here, who else would want to waste the time and effort to negotiate with him for anything more than the veterans' minimum? That would be Nobody and No one. If he didn't sign here, he would not have gotten a better deal anywhere else and may have gotten no deal at all anywhere else.

Please, everyone remember the caliber of player who just signed for the veterans' minimum so that the next time there is a player of some repute who might be available we don't hear a hundred suggestions that the Skins sign him for "the veterans' minimum". Those deals are reserved for players who:

A. Have yet to show that they can do anything beyond putting on their jockstrap in the correct orientation or

B. For guys so far over the hill that they should have retired long enough ago to be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration.

This deal does not amount to a pinch of possum sh*t