1) Don't panic and cut Carpenter, or anyone else for that matter. 2) Your long term plan must be to retain Reggie and Long, so you do not have holes there. Without Reggie... Well, you saw. 3) As much as I think Jeff Ireland built a good talent base for this team, I do not think he is capable of identifying great players at the remaining positions of need: WR, CB/FS and Pass Rush End (Wake was obviously good, and not hard to assess given that he was being courted by multiple teams). Kudos to Jeff for building a roster with decent DL, OL, and now QB talent. The LB corps is respectable. But Jeff builds teams that are solid, old school type players. Stout against the run, with plodding DE types like Merling, Langford and Odrick and now Vernon. Guys who can clog, and get second effort plays, but not Jason-Pierre Paul freaks, or dominat rushers. He will opt for mid-level receivers, and if he takes a 'number one' he just gets big blocking type bodies like Ernest Wilford, Naanee, Turner, Wallace, and Marshall (the one decent receiver they brought in). I don't see him invest high picks often in WR because he is not confident he can assess and hit on them well enough, or maybe he philosophically does not see the high value. That's a problem. His CB and FS history has far far far more disappointments than successes (please do not make me list them all starting with Chris Crocker, Gibril Wilson, and so on) That said, if we could somehow get a GM with those strengths, and a philosophy that supported them, but who try liked Philbin too, I'd say replace Jeff Ireland this offseason. However, if a great GM with one strengths, and who loves Philbin, is not available, I say keep Ireland and Ross has to lean on him more to get playmaker types at those positions, not mid-level 'value' players and pluggers. It's actually time for Ireland to be pushed into a different approach (even if that means brining in guys to help him who are stronger at assessing those positions in the way WE want, not the way Parcells taught him)... If not, then push him out the door. 4) Stay the course with Philbin and his staff. So far they have been better than past regimes, despite some mistakes today. Philbin will improve, and he is already decent to start with.
You draft a WR. And you use picks accumulated to get a nasty DE in a very deep DE class, either via trade up or in round 2. It's pretty simple at this point.
man this is a tough loss for me, i will probably need until next sunday to get over it but anyways, tannehill has to play better his completion percentage discouraging, pass rush a disaster, i can't blame the secondary for giving up plays after 4-5 seconds of coverage and dan carpenter...why is it that we can't win a close game to save our life, pisses me off, if the game is close you can bet this team will find a way to get beat....so frustrating, i was positive about a 4-2 start before our bye week, this of course is all down the drain now...2-4 or 1-5 if we can't beat the rams at home, we need another draft and FA class to help this team get better....get someone who can catch passes, rush the passer and cover and i'm happy
We need a go to guy in our wide receiving corps to help Tannehill progress. I counted at least 5 drops yesterday. I'm not worried about Tannehill, he has an elite skillset and will develop. At this point however, our lack of playmakers to both bail him out and make tough catches will stunt his progress more than a 50% rating day will.
Well, look at it this way, our Rook Qb showed resilience, had us in position to win a tough game vs a veteran defense. I think the Oline is finally "getting" the zone scheme, think Burnett and Dansby are overpriced for their level of production and think Clemons had his best game of the year. As for Ireland, 13 games to go, 1-2 so far, expect and hope he has some guys targeted for the bye week especially a situational pass rusher.
Man, that goal line stand where Dansby and Burnett collide mid air with Greene was LT-esque, just beautiful. Odrick needs to go to the Jason Taylor School of Sniffing out Screens. But yeah, Ireland needs to get down with OPP (offensive playmakers and pass rushers) this next draft. I'd go with Pass rusher first, then gamble on a couple wides in the 2nd...
I would go with a safety and then a pass rusher double along with a cornerback double. Then in the 4th-5th rounds I'd find a WR. You don't need great WRs, you just need ones that are better than the poo-poo platter we throw out there at the 3-4 positions.
Instead of having fans kick 40 yarders during halftime for money, have Carpenter kick them for practice.
Depends where we end up , but there will be some very strong rush players available early to mid first round and probably where need meets opportunity . We can't try to fix a huge need by hoping a couple long shots pay off , especially if Ireland is drafting again. That is NOT a strength of his and actually is a major weakness , the appropriate assets need to be allocated to the positions of need. Rush player , WR , CB , S we should use picks in the first 3 rounds on these players barring any legitimate answers being signed in FA imo.
It depends on who versus who. Reid I'd take over some of those defensive ends but if the strength of the class is where Miami is picking (the pass rusher sweet spot should be around 10). Adding a top pass rusher at right end in any defense can you help take that team to another level.
