The Miami Dolphins have the third most salary cap space this offseason, as well as have nine total draft picks, five in the first three rounds. While this offseason could be one of the most important in franchise history, turning around the Dolphins, general manager Jeff Ireland does not see this as a make or break offseason. The team has to add offensive weapons around second year quarterback Ryan Tannehill, as well as shore up holes on defense. The team also has nine selections in April's Draft, five in the first three rounds. Asked if the offseason could be described as "make-or-break" or "do-or-die," Ireland responded, "I'd say neither of those. I think it's very, very important time period for this off-season. We've put a lot into getting into this position so we obviously are in this position by design. We plan to use some of our money and plan to obviously draft the best players available if we can and try to address some of the needs and musts we have on our football team." Source: SBNation.com
Ireland knows that if he doesn't produce talent he is fired. But panickin and doing something stupid is not going to help, look at Mike Tannenbaum.
With his track record of it's more about Ireland than the Dolphins, I'd expect a well crafted admission that they're prepared for the challenge than the 'canned' response he gave. Maybe it's just me...
