WASHINGTON -- Attention NFL players everywhere: DeAngelo Hall and Derrick Dockery have come up with the ultimate get-super-rich-in-a-hurry NFL free agency ploy.
Here's how it works. Play well enough to get a big contract with lots of guaranteed millions, then underperform just enough to get released -- but not so much that other teams won't be willing to give you a shot.
Then, in no time at all, you're signing another big contract with lots of guaranteed millions.
Neither Hall or Dockery intended for it to work out that way, but that's exactly the path that led to their back-to-back news conferences Tuesday afternoon with the Washington Redskins.
Both agreed to deals on Friday. Hall got a $54 million, six-year contract that includes $22.5 million guaranteed less than one year after the cornerback signed a $70 million, seven-year deal with the Oakland Raiders that included $24 million guaranteed.
Dockery's new contract is worth $26.5 million over five years with $8.2 million guaranteed, just two years after the left guard got $18.5 million guaranteed in a blockbuster $49 million, seven-year deal with the Buffalo Bills.
