Darnell Docket airs NFL dirty laundry

[LatinMind]

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/31/darnell-dockett-nfl-dirty-laundry/

Peter King put this up on his MMQB for Docket.

The NFL should love you guys. All of you reporters and editors and TV personalities who have been writing and talking for two weeks about Marshawn Lynch and deflated balls. The league has to be happy about these little controversies that blow up and turn your heads, because it’s keeping you from looking for its dirty laundry.

I have to say this, thats what i love about Jerry Jones. He takes care of his players. Ask Josh Brent, The Brown family, Sean Lee, and all the other injured players he paid instead of sending them out the door without their money. One of the most stand up owners in all of sports. He has never put the game above any players health. Love that about him. Think thats why you will never hear any player say anything bad about the guy. Even after they leave the NFL they still call him Mr Jones when theyre around him. Respect.

 

[YosemiteSam]

 

[DCBoysfan]

I didn't read about any dirty laundry

 

[Kaiser]

I agree with that, and with Dockett's point generally. I like him more after reading that article.

 

[xwalker]

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/31/darnell-dockett-nfl-dirty-laundry/

Peter King put this up on his MMQB for Docket.


I have to say this, thats what i love about Jerry Jones. He takes care of his players. Ask Josh Brent, The Brown family, Sean Lee, and all the other injured players he paid instead of sending them out the door without their money. One of the most stand up owners in all of sports. He has never put the game above any players health. Love that about him. Think thats why you will never hear any player say anything bad about the guy. Even after they leave the NFL they still call him Mr Jones when theyre around him. Respect.

There are millions of people that would trade places with NFL players and take less money.

 

[MonsterD]

He goes to college but doesn't like education or being a student. He goes to the NFL but doesn't like football. He sure does a lot of stuff he doesn't like.

Also did the Cowboys not pay Sean Lee last year? Man that sucks for Lee 0 dollars.

 

[LatinMind]

There are millions of people that would trade places with NFL players and take less money.

Im sure there are. Because they arent experiencing it. The arent experiencing the pain their body is in everyday of their life. Im sure when the average Joe get a taste of that their view would change.

 

[Titleist]

Players are well aware of the physical and mental risks that football brings to the table. If you're going to complain so much about it, then get out of the league and get a real job like the rest of us.

 

[basstapp]

Im sure there are. Because they arent experiencing it. The arent experiencing the pain their body is in everyday of their life. Im sure when the average Joe get a taste of that their view would change.

Disagree there are a lot of people that work jobs that are physical on their body and won't ever be compensated enough to take care of themselves after retirement. If I had the ability I would be a football player. Unfortunately I'm not

 

[Eskimo]

The thing about guaranteed contracts is that the players wouldn't end up getting anymore money as a collective. That is basically set in the CBA. So you would get a transfer of wealth from healthy players to injured players. I'm not saying that is good or bad, but that is the decision that would have to be made.

All that would happen is that salaries would go way down so the guys who can play would get a lot less. You'd also see the pay rate go way down on defense (esp. LB and DL) and RB due to the much higher rate of injury. I think you'd also see the contracts get a lot shorter so the "guaranteed money" may not end up being as different as the players may imagine.

I agree that it sucks on the player's end that their contracts force them to stay with an employer but the employer can choose to terminate the contract unilaterally but that is the nature of this sport. It is truly a sport for people with enormous strength, durability, high pain thresholds and resiliency. I know I couldn't play it and appreciate those who do and the damage they incur for our entertainment. Unlike many here I am a big believer in all the rule changes to decrease head injuries and protect players in defenseless positions because I've been on the other side of the table from the players.

 

[big dog cowboy]

JMO but we really screwed the pooch when we didn't sign Docket. I recall some in here wanting him including me.

 

[coult44]

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/31/darnell-dockett-nfl-dirty-laundry/

Peter King put this up on his MMQB for Docket.


I have to say this, thats what i love about Jerry Jones. He takes care of his players. Ask Josh Brent, The Brown family, Sean Lee, and all the other injured players he paid instead of sending them out the door without their money. One of the most stand up owners in all of sports. He has never put the game above any players health. Love that about him. Think thats why you will never hear any player say anything bad about the guy. Even after they leave the NFL they still call him Mr Jones when theyre around him. Respect.

This is the story of an entitled student athlete who grew up to be an entitled NFL millionaire. 95% of the world would easily trade spots with him. Once they sign the contact they should give up their right to complain about it. If they are upset about a contract being fulfilled to the end, they should negotiate for more garunteed money. Baseball players do it, oh wait, they complain as well. Just play, and shut up. Or, don't play then come in places like this and talk about the ungracious and ungrateful athletes like the rest of us normal folks.

 

[LatinMind]

JMO but we really screwed the pooch when we didn't sign Docket. I recall some in here wanting him including me.

Thats twice screwing the pooch with players who signed with Az. Docket and Bertrand Berry. But thats was Parcells not wanting to sign anybody worth a damn so he could convince jerry the move to a 3-4 was the right thing to do. Dallas had the #1 defense when Parcells was brought in to coach. In 2004 He turned it into a Fat slow defense.

Dallas had the inside tracks on Antoine Winfield and Bertran Berry in 2004, but who did Parcells sign? Marcellus Wiley, Chad Eaton and Tyrone Williams. What a joke.

 

[xwalker]

Im sure there are. Because they arent experiencing it. The arent experiencing the pain their body is in everyday of their life. Im sure when the average Joe get a taste of that their view would change.

There are many professions that take a physical toll on the body. Soldiers don't get paid millions but often have lifelong physical problems.

I've seen a single brick layer brick a 2500 sqft house in less than 2 weeks. That's about 12,000 pounds that passed though his hands. If he does that 25 times per year that's 300,000 pounds. Over a 30 years career that's 9 million pounds. Tell me that guy doesn't have some aches and pains.

 

[Stryker44]

Also did the Cowboys not pay Sean Lee last year? Man that sucks for Lee 0 dollars.

You don't play. You don't get paid. As it should be. Code of the warrior.

 

[speedkilz88]

Darnell Dockett contract:

9/1/2010: Signed a six-year, $56 million contract. The deal contains $30 million guaranteed, including a $15 million option bonus in the second year. Dockett is eligible for an annual $250,000 workout bonus throughout the contract's life. Another $500,000 is available through incentives. 2014: $5.5 million, 2015: $6.55 million, 2016: Free Agent

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/2800/darnell-dockett

Richard Sherman contract:

5/7/2014: Signed a five-year, $58.789 million contract. The deal contains $40 million guaranteed -- a $10 million signing bonus, each of Sherman's first three base salaries, and $5 million of his 2017 salary. 2014: $1.389 million, 2015: $10 million, 2016: $12.569 million, 2017: $11.431 million, 2018: $11 million, 2019: Free Agent

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6660/richard-sherman

Earl Thomas contract:

4/28/2014: Signed a five-year, $44.725 million contract. The deal contains $27.725 million guaranteed, including a $9.5 million signing bonus.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5703/earl-thomas

 

[Nightman]

Dockett really comes off as a cry baby. If the fact that NFL get injured is the 'dirty secret', newsflash.....it isn't a secret

No one cares......Cops, firefighters, soldiers, construction workers, miners. farmers, etc all put their bodies and sometimes lives on the line and there is no guaranteed contracts for them either.

Hearing these over-privileged, over-paid , self-indulgent, over-sized little boys complain about college football and the NFL really gets my goat. I have no problem with the pay scale per se, we buy the tickets and watch on TV and I would rather see the players get more than the owners, but when put into context of the real world they have no right to complain.

I can't believe MLB and the NBA still guarantees the entire contract the moment it's signed. The team has no options if the player drops off, gets hurt, takes PEDs or just quits trying. For smart businessmen, sports owners sign some terrible contracts.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

He has a right to speak out....
the sport makes a lot of money, so he gets paid his value...its a two way business.....

doesn't mean he doesn't have a voice.... if you agree with him or not.

 

[Nightman]

He goes to college but doesn't like education or being a student. He goes to the NFL but doesn't like football. He sure does a lot of stuff he doesn't like.

Also did the Cowboys not pay Sean Lee last year? Man that sucks for Lee 0 dollars.

Money for nothing and the chicks for free

Every player on the IR gets paid. Maybe not for the entire contract, but they get their annual salary. Which is usually what a lot of people make for their entire career.

 

[LatinMind]

There are many professions that take a physical toll on the body. Soldiers don't get paid millions but often have lifelong physical problems.

I've seen a single brick layer brick a 2500 sqft house in less than 2 weeks. That's about 12,000 pounds that passed though his hands. If he does that 25 times per year that's 300,000 pounds. Over a 30 years career that's 9 million pounds. Tell me that guy doesn't have some aches and pains.

then go be a brick layer.