No progress in Derrick Dockery Negotiations....

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At it's crux, continuity should probably not be much of an issue with this Dockery situation. To keep this franchise out of the gutter, the buck has to stop here. We simply have used up all of our leisure room with the cap and with our draft picks. In many respects, it was a good effort, but the attempts to quick build a winner have failed. We are in cap hell for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. We have a chance to stop it at that. This means we can't give Dockery more than hes worth, we can't give him a seven year backloaded deal, and its HIS decision whether he wants to be a Redskin or not.

We don't need Derrick Dockery to survive, and Derrick certainly doesn't need us. But we can give him a reasonable deal to keep him here. We have to have the leverage. Theres going to be a superior guard in free agency and a guy whos a backup for us right now (Pucillo) who is capable of starting in a pinch. Derrick knows we are tight on cap space and want him back, so he can either accomidate us or hit the road.

His comments make me think he wants to be here. So his agent either makes that happen or both parties move on. No hard feelings on either side if it comes to a split.