Ireland told by Ross his job is safe

[EKnight]

My bad- forgot Bush didn't play last week and is questionable this week.

Wait a sec...brb...looking for Miller's stats from last week and his status this week.

You've been riding his jock since they drafted him calling him the big "home run threat," and so far this year he's broken one long run and then promptly fumbled the ball away. A replacement for Bush he is not.

And I'm staying with my stance- he has NOT had any kind of "good" signings aside from Grimes in the past three years. And absolutely no, they didn't get Wallace for a fair price. 58 receptions puts him in the same company as Emmanuel Sanders and TY Hilton. Market value? Average of $2 million per year. Those 3 TDs he's scored? The same as your great signing Gibson. Wallace was massively overpaid for what he's produced. And that's on Ireland. Which brings us full-circle to his ineptitude in acquiring free agents. -EK

[fyo]

Don't... feed... the... troll....

please.

[Spider-Dan]

From the NFL's Ian Rapoport:

On #Dolphins: GM Jeff Ireland has not been told by Stephen Ross of his status for 2014, the final year of his deal. Will meet at end of year

[EDGECRUSHER]

If it means an overhaul and learning new schemes and adjustment periods, then forget it. We have the picks and the cap space now and as much as I would love to see him gone, I don't want uncertainty and transition to screw us over for 2014 when we need to win now.

[MikeO]

This win today went a long way in saving Ireland's job

[fyo]

Firing Ireland after this season makes absolutely no sense.

I get that someone might not like Ireland and I'm certainly not blind to the arguments that can be made in that regard.

HOWEVER, Ireland has done everything you'd want him to do this past offseason (including not mortgaging the future to save his own butt), so firing him NOW as opposed to 1+ years ago makes no sense.

Now, if the Wells report finds that Ireland was actually behind the harassment of Martin, well, fine, then you fire him

[MikeO]

^^^^ Yes. And we have $38 mill in cap space. I think we can fix the o-line with $38 mill to spend. That is really the only glaring weakness right now.  We need to address the DT position. Soliai and Starks have been bad this year but essentially our "needs" have been diminished.

You want to get ticky-tack yes we need to "upgrade" other areas no doubt. But the glaring needs are few at this point on the Fins. Alot of it is getting the young guys experience and get through the growing pains. Give the devil his due. Miami has a WR corps that is good enough when healthy (Wallace, Hartline, Gibson, Matthews), we have a #1 CB in Grimes.  We have 3 pass rushers in Wake, Vernon, Jordan. We have a nice nucleus to build around.

[Heatles]

Please pay Grimes...he's our best corner since Madison/Surtain

[Spider-Dan]

Miami has a lot of unrestricted free agents come the offseason.  This wasn't a win-or-else year, but that cap space isn't going to be around for long:

Starks
Soliai
Grimes
Keller
Jerry
Carroll

[MikeO]

Keller and Jerry will BOTH be gone.
Grimes will probably get the franchise tag.
We keep Starks OR Soliai (not both)
Carroll won't cost much to keep around

[Landshark]

The most glaring need is the offensive line. After that we could use an upgrade at receiver/tight end

[MikeO]

The most glaring need is the offensive line. After that we could use an upgrade at receiver/tight end

We just bought 3 WR's last year and gave each decent to big money. Plus we have Matthews and Binns. No need for another WR at all.

TE we have Clay, Sims, and Egnew. Maybe add 1 more pass catcher but not a huge need

Needs are simple
1) O-linemen
2) Defensive Tackles
3) tweak/improve everything else here and there with no glaring need anywhere

[Spider-Dan]

Grimes should get a long-term contract; Carroll should get somewhere in the 2-3 year range.  This team desperately needs stability in the defensive backfield.
I think Jerry is fine as a 5th lineman (or for depth).
I would like to see Keller get another 1-year deal, just so we can put a Wallace/Hartline/Gibson/Keller/Clay package on the field.
Soliai or Starks, whichever is the better deal.

[MikeO]

I think Jon Jerry has worn out his welcome in Miami. Weight is always an issue, his play is too erratic from week to week. I don't see him staying. I would be shocked if the Fins offer him a deal at all. Aside from Pouncey and Brenner I don't see any of the starters coming back.

Keller....it depends on his knee. He had as nasty an injury as you can have. If he can be ready to go by Week 1 next year, fine give him a low-ball offer for 1 year. But I would rather look elsewhere. Keller was injury prone before this knee injury, I am not sure you can depend on him at all at this point.  I love the guy and how he could fit into our offense, but this is a cruel business and kicking him to the curb may be the way to go.

Getting Grimes to a reasonable long-term deal would be ideal. But he is coming off a BIG year this year, he might ask for the moon. Best way to go might be to tag him for a year. Give him his $11 mill contract for one year and then hopefully sign him long-term the next year. Grimes is worth his weight in gold, he has been fantastic. But ya can't overpay and give out a bad contract. We finally rid ourselves of all the bad contracts can't go back to old habbits.

[Downunder Dolphan]

^^^^ Yes. And we have $38 mill in cap space. I think we can fix the o-line with $38 mill to spend. That is really the only glaring weakness right now.  We need to address the DT position. Soliai and Starks have been bad this year but essentially our "needs" have been diminished.

You want to get ticky-tack yes we need to "upgrade" other areas no doubt. But the glaring needs are few at this point on the Fins. Alot of it is getting the young guys experience and get through the growing pains. Give the devil his due. Miami has a WR corps that is good enough when healthy (Wallace, Hartline, Gibson, Matthews), we have a #1 CB in Grimes.  We have 3 pass rushers in Wake, Vernon, Jordan. We have a nice nucleus to build around.

I agree Grimes should get a good contract extension or a franchise tag, but I'm not really convinced he's a #1 CB. From what I saw of the Bengals game, he seemed to have trouble matched up with the tall, elite receiver (Green), but really came into his own matched up on Marvin Jones. I'm hoping Patterson gets another go and is healthy for a full year, because in the same game he demonstrated can smother the guy Grimes had trouble with. With the two of them starting at CB, and Michael Thomas/Wilson/Taylor/Davis playing nickel or being groomed to eventually take over, hopefully the positions are covered for a while.