Ireland told by Ross his job is safe

[MikeO]

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.

Grimes is a #1 CB. To say otherwise is silly. Who doesn't have issues covering AJ Green....I mean come on!

[EDGECRUSHER]

This draft may be more essential than last year's, which we essentially whiffed on as of right now. We have to replace 4 O-Line starters and other various needs, but none more important than O-Line once again.

[masterfins]

^^^ I don't think we can say if we whiffed on this year's draft for another full year.  It seems to me Philbin has been holding back the rookies this year.

[EDGECRUSHER]

It's possible it's Philbin's fault, except for Dallas Thomas who can't even get on the field even though we are on 4th stringers at this point. Dion Jordan should be playing more and Sturgis has been great except for a 3 week spell where he had a nervous breakdown and forgot how to play. We drafted a lot of injured players though, that's on Ireland.

We can wait a bit more with some of these kids, but they might as well release Thomas at this point.