Spesh
#freespesh
sorry, I don't agree. but signing him wasn't the problem. Tony starting him was the problem.
What was the alternative? Vernon Carey was basically done at that point(another Ireland contract, $42 million, $15 guaranteed there, though he later restructured) and was kicked over to guard in order to 1) try and get some play out of his quickly deteriorating body, 2) cover up that weak point from various free agents busts and a struggling John Jerry.
Sparano didnt have much to work with. Will Baker? Nate Garner? I suppose either of those guys were better than Colombo, but its not like Ireland provided him with some world-beater stud and Sparano refused to play him.