Chris Cooley tried to negotiate a case of beer into his new contract with the Redskins

Longtime Redskins tight end Chris Cooley was released by the Redskins back in August but never signed with another team. So as soon as starting tight end Fred Davis went down with a season ending Achilles tendon injury, Cooley hoped he would get a call from the Redskins.

The call sure enough came and Cooley was back with the Redskins. But the process of resigning with the club did not go the way of most free agency signings. Instead, Cooley explains a process that only Cooley would be involved in. From the physical, all the way to the contract negotiations.

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