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MERGED: Jeff Ireland interview, "killed it".

The first pre-season game can't come soon enough :d-day:
 
ThrowDaTD said:
I think you are right. Maybe he's feeling comfortable in his own skin now, instead of trying to emulate Parcells' demeanor. He's a likeable guy, actually, which is not a bad thing.
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or maybe he making the picks now instead of the team effort or parcels trump of picks.
 
Kinzua said:
The operative word for any team's 2012 draft is "if", and that's especially true for the teams that picked QBs in the top ten. The chances of Luck, Griffin, AND Tannehill all becoming successful NFL QBs range between slim and none.
  • The last time a draft yielded 3 top ten picks was in 1999 when Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, and Akili Smith came out. Only McNabb was successful.
  • Some drafts yield no successful QBs (2002, 2007).
  • Most drafts yield only one good/great starting QB, and frequently the best one doesn't come from the Top Ten or even from the first round (Brady 2000, Brees 2001, Rodgers 2005, Cutler 2006).
  • Only a few drafts yield two decent/good/great starters (2000, 2001, 2005, 2008).
  • The last draft to yield 3 or more good/great starting QBs was 2004 when E Manning, Rivers, Roethlisberger, and Schaub (3rd rounder) all came out.
  • The next-to-last draft to yield 3 or more good/great starting was 1983 with Elway, Kelly, Marino, and O'Brien.
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I don't see how drafting 3 QB's in the top ten makes a differnce to the stats above, if we had the 11th pick in the draft we would have taken Tannehill. Thus blowing up your little stat... I read it like this, any draft that has 3 or more QB's taken in the first round, they have a 50/50 chance of being successful.

1999 did have 3 qb's taken in the top ten (actually they went 1,2 and 3... so on can make an argument to never take qb's 1,2 and 3 over 1,2 and 8) but Culpepper was taken 11th and he was pretty darn good before he blew out his knee. Thus making the 1999 QB's drafted with the top 11 picks 50% successful.
 
The Omen said:
I don't see how drafting 3 QB's in the top ten makes a differnce to the stats above, if we had the 11th pick in the draft we would have taken Tannehill. Thus blowing up your little stat... I read it like this, any draft that has 3 or more QB's taken in the first round, they have a 50/50 chance of being successful.

1999 did have 3 qb's taken in the top ten (actually they went 1,2 and 3... so on can make an argument to never take qb's 1,2 and 3 over 1,2 and 8) but Culpepper was taken 11th and he was pretty darn good before he blew out his knee. Thus making the 1999 QB's drafted with the top 11 picks 50% successful.
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yeah, people can spin stuff any way they want to get the desired result... (ie bashing, deflating) however, the recent trend is.. you gotta draft a QB in the first to find a good one. No second round or later picks in recent history have any ANY success in the playoffs.
 
Wildbill3 said:
yeah, people can spin stuff any way they want to get the desired result... (ie bashing, deflating) however, the recent trend is.. you gotta draft a QB in the first to find a good one. No second round or later picks in recent history have any ANY success in the playoffs.
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+1

Going back 20 years or so, and with the exception of Brady and Montana, there are very very few great QB's to be drafted after the 1st round... I still consider Drew Brees a 1st round pick, and blame Wanny for not making him one, and nobody can change my mind on that.
 
He said if things pan out that the Dolphins killed it. It was a conditional statement. Not a definite brag.
 
I think it's safe to say, Ireland's Job, as GM is hinging on the success of Ryan Tannehill. It certainly beginning to look like prior to 2011, BP trumped Ireland's draft suggestions on many occasions. Ireland has begun to carve out niche for himself knowing he is fully in charge since BP left the Building. Inspite of the early success of Pouncey and the seemingly outstanding potential of Gates, Clay, Wilson and Thomas, the jury is still out. If anyone of those remaining players have any kind of success in 2012, the 2011 Draft could be considered a success. Drafting for the WCO was definitely the theme of this Draft and with any kind of luck, it could go down as one of the best in a very long time in Dolphins history!!! I like Ireland's confidence and his more relaxed nature. Lets hope his confidence turns out to be success on the field on Sunday's. I'm hopeful that most of the players from the 2012 Draft make the team, but realize It's the Tannehill selection that makes or breaks the Team and Ireland himself.
 
If you are going to quote someone quote exactly what they say. Ireland placed a condition on the statement; "If". He did not say that as a definitive statement. He said it as a conditional statement. Even Omar failed to add the condition to the title of his article. Call it a professional stretch. Who defines "if" here. I guess the Dolphins. But he didn't say we killed it without a conditional statement added as many folks are quoting him to say.
 
The 2004 draft yielded Eli Manning (1), Phil Rivers (4), and Ben Roethlisberger (11). The idea that it cannot be done is absurd.
 
In the scouting community, Ireland wipe the floor with the rest of the NFL general managers. This draft is a complete coupe, and ass whooping he put on the rest of the GM's.
 
Austin Tatious said:
The 2004 draft yielded Eli Manning (1), Phil Rivers (4), and Ben Roethlisberger (11). The idea that it cannot be done is absurd.
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Yes I remember losing to Roethlesberger in his rookie tirade to wins...in the clay filled mud in pouring rain at...Joe Robbie?! What were we called then, Lol
 
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