Signing Derrick Dockery
After Losman was sacked 47 times in 2006, the Bills decided to try and make a big-time upgrade to their offensive line. They made their splash in free agency by signing former Washington offensive guard Derrick Dockery to a mammoth 7 year 49 million dollar contract that made him the highest paid offensive lineman in football. Keep in mind that Dockery had never even made as much as a Pro Bowl. Thinking that signing a guard to a big deal would fix their offensive line woes was a bad process to begin with and the results were even worse.
Dockery only lasted two seasons in Buffalo and the Bills offensive continued to be horrible. Dockery returned to Washington in 2009 on a much cheaper deal than the one he signed with Buffalo (5 years 26 million). Washington also would end up cutting Dockery after two seasons and the handsomely paid guard would eventually finish his career in Dallas.