Having a chuckle at those insisting Ireland will be fired at the end of the year.
4 straight losing seasons: "Perfectly acceptable, heres an extension".
5 straight losing seasons: "PACK YOUR BAGS YOUR OUT!"
Ive been hearing for years how Ireland will be let go after the season ends so fans shouldnt waste their time speculating. "Parcells is gone now, if we lose then our new owner will bring in his own guys!", "If Daboll cant fix Henne then Ireland will be fired along with Sparano", "You can win with a rookie quarterback and coach, if we dont win then Ireland will be fired!". Same song, different lyrics. I'll believe it when i see it.
Smart money says Ireland returns if we win 7 games. And yes, he will be taking a lineman in the draft. I suspect he would have taken Joeckel in this one if Jacksonville hadnt done us a solid and set back their own franchise. This time i expect Ireland to go balls deep for Jake Matthews. Admittedly not the worst plan seeing as how we'd probably just bust on our second and third round picks anyways.