Loading ...After a rough couple weeks inside the New York Giants front office, Big Blue announced (as did Garafolo) today that they have locked up CB, Kevin Dockery, via a 2nd-round tender worth $1.545 million.
While Dockery will be competing against Terrell Thomas for time on the field, especially with starters, Aaron Ross and Corey Webster already taking up the majority of the time.
Dockery often flies under the radar but has been a solid player for the Giants since he came on board in 2006. Thus far, in his few years of service to the Giants, Dockery has accrued 97 solo tackles, 24 passes defended, 3 INTs, 1 forced fumble and 1 touchdown.
It also will go a long way to keep another NY Giants veteran (even of only 3 years) on the team to maintain some stability…at least on the continuity front.
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My thanks for Dan Benton and Hazem Kiswani for putting in some serious overtime while I dealt with a number of personal issues. Things are finally coming back into focus and I expect to be adding a bunch more ink to G101 from now on. Thanks again and GO GIANTS!
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Glad to see Dockery signed. He’s serviceable and a good guy to have on the depth chart. Nothing special, but if he improves his ball skills he could become a valuable piece.I have to make two comments in response to posts from last thread.First, waiting a few years for a really top wide receiver is not only not “useless”, it is the way you build great teams without using too much of your available money on a position that is definitely not one of the most important spots on the field. If you geniuses can show me the Lombardi Trophy winners who went out and acquired by trade or free agency an expensive (and that eliminates Burress and Moss, both of whom came cheap at the time) wide receiver who made a significant difference in their run to the Lombardi the year he arrived, I would like to know the details. If it has happened, it’s very rare. Why? Because that isn’t the position that gets you to the Super Bowl. Wide receiver can be an important weapon, but it is a lot less important than some of you are making it. Second, even a “non-expert” can figure out that $8MM used on a questionable wide receiver means that there is $8MM less to be spread around the rest of the roster within the cap. Duh. What part of that equation is hard to understand? And is it a great intellectual leap to figure out that also means that not having that extra money means that you will probably lose at least 3-4 of your young players who helped get you to the top because you can’t spread those millions among them to keep them on the roster when their rookie contracts expire? Come on, this ain’t rocket science. I love you guys who pretend that it is a life-and-death question as to whether we get a veteran receiver, state unequivocably that without one we can’t win, think a GM should think only about the coming season, and figure that there’s always a way to “play Madden” and have it all come out fine. I happen to think you’re wrong on all four counts. I’ve explained why on numerous occasions and am not going to waste anyone’s time doing it again. I have yet to see an intelligent analysis of why those assumptions are right. They just get stated as fact. That’s not nearly good enough.
not sure if you guys saw this yet..rotoworld reporting that the Browns have deals in place for both Brady Quinn and Braylon Edwards, both deals include a 1st round pick…..I wonder who is in the running for Edwards????????? I fully expect a deal to get done with the Giants before Draft day. Just my hunch.
on another note, would you guys give up a second round pick and a 5th rounder (Shockey trade) for Tony Gonzales? Essentially trading Shockey for gonzo? I would in a heart beat.
FF55,I agree with you on some aspects, I dont believe we need a true number 1 to be successful next year, however I think our chances of winning the whole thing improve dramatically if we do. With that said, I still feel we could have and should have won in the playoffs if we were not severly outcoached. With this defense and the right coaching we should not be scared of anyone in this league, however if we get that redzone thereat ie gonzo or edwards or a big strong physical reciever, this team in all seriousness will be hard to stop, barring major major injuries.
fanfor55years…i feel you on that note, but i’m not trying to get touchy & feely with it, all i’m saying is… we are on win right now mode!We lost Plax & ToomerEdwards and Ocho Cinco are true #1s in their prime.if we can get somebody for not that much $$$$$$$$$, why not?If we don’t get a prime (WR)…once they see we don’t have that deep threat, it’s over come Playoffs time.Because with the (WR)’s we got…shhhhh, well you saw what the eagles did to us…9 men on the box! Like Nas said>>>It Ain’t Hard ToTell…
S1ARK5, I fully agree in regard to Gonzalez (provided that doesn’t result in Boss getting much less playing time since he’s the “future” at TE…they could share the position except in two-tight-end sets) but that’s because I assume he can be had for a third round pick and will take less than $4MM to play on the Giants and hopefully get a ring or two.And yes, of course, Edwards or Boldin (or Chad Johnson for that matter) would make the team that much better. It’s all about what you give up for them to their current team and to them and their agent, and whether that price is worth paying to get “that much better.” I do not think so, for reasons I’ve noted previously on many occasions. Without going into detail, my fundamental assumptions are that with a few choice draft picks the Giants would have the best defense in the NFL; a very strong set of Special Teams; an offense that is in the top 10 in the NFL; “good enough” talent across the board to win the Lombardi Trophy; and a rookie wide receiver who will probably prove to eventually be at least 90% as good as Edwards and Boldin (and quite possibly better) at a cost that will not have any negative effect on the team at all. My other fundamental assumption is that the strategy outlined above gives the team an excellent chance to win the Lombardi this year and an outstanding chance of putting together a dynastic run over the next five years.I would agree with the people who want to “win now” and would sacrifice everything else in that pursuit if it weren’t for two inconvenient facts they tend not to pay attention: we just won a Super Bowl so are not one of those teams that needs to do whatever necessary to finally taste the honey and damn the future; and we have a future ahead of us that looks incredible and walking away from the possibilities just to improve for one year at a position that is not as critical as many seem to think is just plain foolish. This team without Edwards or Boldin is not the Eagles of the last decade. It is the Patriots pre-Randy Moss. Already on the verge of great, with one Trophy in the case and fully capable of another. When we have such a supply of potentially great WRs available in the draft and we have the above, patience, and making sure the cost of something is reasonable, makes all the sense in the world. Even if we had Fitzgerald at WR no one could assure us of winning the Super Bowl. Things happen. So blowing up some of the promise of the future to acquire Edwards or Boldin makes absolutely no sense. We already have what it takes. A great WR (which one of these draftees could be by 2010 or 2011) is just icing on the cake.
S1ARK5 said: not sure if you guys saw this yet..rotoworld reporting that the Browns have deals in place for both Brady Quinn and Braylon Edwards, both deals include a 1st round pick…..I wonder who is in the running for Edwards????????? I fully expect a deal to get done with the Giants before Draft day. Just my hunch. I hope it’s the G-Men…God forbid, because the eagles are trying to get Edwards also…chunky Mcnabb ain’t happy in philly…wait a minute… it makes sense,the eagles are trying to get both Brady Quinn and Braylon Edwards, both deals include a 1st round pick…..Come on (JR) get Braylon Edwards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FF55- Certainly agree with you that we don’t need a “number 1″ receiver, but I’ll play devils advocate in this case. 8million a year doesn’t really mean 8 million, it’s going to hit the cap at like 3-5 maybe 6 million down the road, because those yearly figures include bonus money and upfront money that don’t hit the cap. It is feasible to do this if a guy is a legitimate game-changer…and I hate that term because many use that it wrong. It means he changes defensive schemes, not makes plays that change games. Edwards certainly changes the defensive look. Plaxico was making around “7 million a year”, so another guy with similar ability, who’s 5 years younger by the way, certainly warrants a similar commitment. If he comes at a first and a fifth, this is the year to do it. It’s not like we’re Dan and Vinny’s crew rolling into the draft with 4 picks every year (and missing on most of them from there).Don’t get me wrong, I pray more than anyone that Kenny Britt is there and we take him at 29, but guys like Edwards and Boldin being available you have to dip your hand in the game. Don’t have to mortgage the draft, or break the bank, but you have to put a decent offer out there. The Browns have no shot at resigning Edwards, and they may just take the best offer. Worst case scenario we drive up the price for the Eagles.
angel lugo, if we can get one of them for “not that much” and still draft a WR, I’m all for it. The problem is I think we can’t get one of them for “not that much”. I don’t think the high cost we’d have to pay will be worth it. Not even close.I, too, want to win it all right now. But I’m unwilling to sacrifice the chance to win in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 to add just one piece, especially because that piece (WR) is usually not a critical part of winning it all. And I like our current group of receivers (plus a terrific rookie) a lot more than most here apparently do.
FF55- If you’re sitting there at 29 staring Percy Harvin in the face (Nicks, Britt, DHB gone)…are you picking up the phone and calling the Browns?S1ark- Nah man enough with the Tony Gonzalez. But I thought that was interesting to see on Edwards and Quinn. Who’s to say that’s not us behind that solid offer for Edwards? I said from that first report of Reese talking to Cleveland that they were probably exchanges paramaters and setting the bar for draft day negotiations.Why don’t the Lions draft Jason Smith and just trade for Brady Quinn?