Willis990 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 http://www.boston.com/sports/football/arti...r_raven/?page=4 Read the 7th item down titled "Paper cut stings" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Reiss is not only late with this, he's wrong. And this has been discussed before. Buffalo News Billboard blog: February 28, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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