At least now people can stop mocking Xavier Rhodes to us at #12

Well it can't be all that bad. He was rated in the top 10 by some dude on youtube .

Let's hope he stays healthy at 30.

Go Phins

He was rated as the 3rd best corner in the NFL by PFF prior to his his injury. I hope he has a good recovery, we really need him.

If He recovers this is a Killer signing. Opens the draft to the best Player available and covers a major need for us.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

TreasurecoastPhinsfan Wrote:
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> If He recovers this is a Killer signing. Opens the
> draft to the best Player available and covers a
> major need for us.


Just need a solid OT and we are good to go.

Damaged goods........It will be a miracle if he can contribute this year.

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> Damaged goods........It will be a miracle if he
> can contribute this year.

I give it better odds then "a miracle". But Pro athletes with the very best medical care available have come back and been successful from far worse injuries. And even injured he is still an upgrade from what we had at corner healthy. I still see us taking a Corner in the draft. He can contribute on that level as well, being a veteran with Probowl experience.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

I like the signing. We needed to make this move... One year deal isnt much risk, if he plays back to top ten quality then he is a steal and will cost us a lot more next year. If he sucks, it was only a one year deal(little risk) with a lot more upside then resigning Sean Smith would have been to a multiyear deal...
Between Marshall, Patterson, and Grimes we should be able to find 1-2 decent healthy corners, you would hope...

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Samsam3738 Said

"Damaged goods........It will be a miracle if he can contribute this year."

Yeah samsam, and you would have traded Adrian Peterson as damaged goods!

Risky but just like draft picks and 60% of players. and just a 1 year with bonuses

odd, I wonder what that means for Marshall & Patterson


We could go WR, OL, DB, TE or DE at 12, or trade down

ChyrenB Wrote:
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> THE Truth Wrote:
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> > At least now people can stop mocking Xavier
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> That's a bad thing. I think that the Ireland
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We'll see if Ireland is a genius once this season gets underway. Until then.....

What makes you think Ireland is going to trade down, down, down?

As many of us have been saying on this board, if a guy that Ireland has pegged as a "must have" is still on the board at 12, then he goes with that pick. If everybody he had on that list is gone, then he trades down, if possible. If the guys he is interested in are falling like dominoes, then he just may trade down before Miami's turn comes up if the right suitor comes along.

I agree with what Ireland is doing by signing FAs to fill the holes then go BPA in the draft. Much better way to improve your team immediately.

Quite a few of these signings are for one-year deals. Ireland is going to see how they perform before signing them to a long-term deal. Good move.

Pretty simple, really.

Crowder52 Wrote:
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> I like the signing. We needed to make this move...
> One year deal isnt much risk, if he plays back to
> top ten quality then he is a steal and will cost
> us a lot more next year. If he sucks, it was only
> a one year deal(little risk) with a lot more
> upside then resigning Sean Smith would have been
> to a multiyear deal...
> Between Marshall, Patterson, and Grimes we should
> be able to find 1-2 decent healthy corners, you
> would hope...

Could also play out that he has a terrific year, but we don't re-sign him and we get draft pick compensation for him.

Guess it depends on how many CB's we draft and whether they pan out or not.

Don't see how anyone can complain about this signing. Its low risk, high reward.

Will need a big CB

Rhodes(Think we are moving up for Johnson)
Banks
Wreh-Wilson
Amerson
Slay
Poyer
Hawthorne

I love this move. Yea maybe a bit of risk, but he is well within current recovery timelines for this injury.

I'd say much lower risk than I suggested above. Else you don't fork out 5.5 M.

Great Move. I like the near term potential and the opportunity to draft a corner that can learn from him!

I hope he can play................But he is just coming off an injury.......

And last year...

5 mill gone to waste...

1st bonehead move by ireland this year....Hopefully all the other moves pan out.

Next bone head move by ireland.

1. trade down in the first round.

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> I hope he can play................But he is just
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> And last year...
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> 5 mill gone to waste...


If we are able to draft a good cb, or he outplays Marshall/Patterson... Marshall, Grimes and Patterson are all getting paid around the same, the worst of the 3 will most likely get cut.. Grimes signing just creates one more guy to compete for that money..The money has not gone to waster
If he doenst beat out Patterson and Marshall then he gets cut before day 1.. If not, one of the other guys gets cut, no money is wasted IMO.. You are just giving yourself an option to spend that money on the best player..

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I hope everything works out for the best..

But im not a fan of signing injured players.

But again im hoping for the best...

cant wait till the draft.

I am not as worried about the one particular injury as much as I would be concewrned that he is injury prone. He missed also 4 games in 2011 b/c of a knee injury. He has played 16 games once in 6 years.

It is only a one year deal so it's not all that bad. I'm sure we are going to draft a couple of CB's and he should serve the purpose as a veteran leader/mentor as well as a quality starter in the meantime.

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> 1st bonehead move by ireland this year....Hopefully all the other moves pan out.

I respectfully disagree. I think we very much needed both experience and a talent upgrade. Particularly on 3rd down coverage and red zone.

- Everyone loves a sure thing, but if it was a sure thing we wouldn't be getting top of the line potential for 5.5 M

We actually need (in my humble opinion) an upgrade at both corner spots, and a chance to get some chemistry going in the secondary.

- Best case scenario is Grimes performs, we retain him, and sign an up and coming young guy too in the first or one of the 2nd round picks.

IMHO - Great move that positions us for best player available and thus team talent upgrade in a year we can afford the price!

Good low risk high potential signing.

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Let's see what Grimes does before we call this a bonehead move.

I highly doubt that Ireland would have signed Grimes to a $5M deal unless he was confident that Grimes' injury is no big deal. Highly doubtful that Ireland would sign him to a contract based on Grimes saying that he is fine.

If I were to guess, I would say that the injury concern was what took so long for this deal to get done. With Ireland putting out that kind of money, he has to be certain that Grimes has recovered and is able to get on the field this year.

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> I hope everything works out for the best..
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> But im not a fan of signing injured players.
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I agree, it is a risk signing injured players.. You either get lucky or you get a player that was a shell of his former self... Ultimately we didnt have a lot of options in FA, or a lot of faith betting on Sean Smith for real money... Worse comes to worse, one of the 3 (Marshall, Patterson, Grimes) lives up to potential, that would give us one decent #1 CB. If 2 of the 3 live up to potential, then we have something... Drafting a young one as well. Hopefully Carroll or Jimmy WIlson step up in their 3rd year.... CB, could definitely be an issue this year... But not signing Grimes would have made it even riskier..

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