With the franchise QB on the verge of being injured they just don't have the luxury of waiting even a week. When Ross reportedly met with Ireland and Philbin I wouldn't be surprised if it was to ask them why they're getting his franchise QB murdered.

 

Something has to be done. Clabo is struggling because of injury, or he's a poor fit in the system, or whatever. At this point, the problem has reached critical mass. He obviously needs to be replaced. McKinnie certainly is not a final answer to the problem... in fact, I think he's a sizeable risk that could emerge as a bigger problem next season... but I do feel he's an improvement.

So, here we go again. Weeeeee!

 

two months too late.

 

:woot:

Let us hope Mt McKinnie is feeling it

 

Got a feeling he will miss it completely and fall on his ***.

 

Well, I don't think that 'being on the verge of being injured' is as important as 'being turned into Joey Harrington' by making the kid gun shy.

But this move isn't about Martin doing poorly as much as Clabo simply sucking, period... Thing is all Mt. McKinney has ever played is LT...

 

We didn't lose Jake, Jake left on his own accord...he didn't want to stay here. Hind sight is 20/20, but looking back at it now, yeah, they could have dipped into fa for a better tackle option than Clabo...

 

He cant possibly be any worse.

 

Regardless of how Jonathan Martin plays, it looks like letting Jake Long walk was a good decision based on his play with the Rams. He's been better than last year, but not worth the contract.

 

Jake Long over Jonathan Martin would be a net positive in terms of on the field play(although I don't think as much as you seem to think), but it wouldn't be a particularly resource-efficient move(Long is way overpaid in St.Louis), and I think there were better courses to pursue in retrospect.

 

now we'll focus on Martin....the last game he was awful too.... let's hope for the best, but I am not so optmistic, honestly (but I am quite a pessimistic guy in real life too :lol:)

 

Re: Miami Dolphins’ Bryant McKinnie expected to start against Patriots

To be fair, Clabo was a borderline top 5 RT in 2012. His diminishing play to this extent has been surprising.

 

It's all a perfect example of Jeff Ireland's leadership (or lack thereof). As long as he is he GM this is what you will have. He was not qualified for the job, and he's not learned enough in 6 full off-seasons to create a winning team. The bloom should be off the rose even to those of his most ardent supporters. Not admitting it now, is burying your head farther into the ground. Ross holding on to this guy just makes it more years we have to suffer though his arrogance & incompetence and I see yet another coach that is going to be sacrificed in order for him to keep his job.

He has yet to draft a superstar player, or obtain a consistent Pro Bowl Player. 6 freakin years and he can't do it, its not bad luck when its that many years in a row, that is just incompetence.

 

Well the Patriots defense has a bunch of injuries so I don't expect much pressure from them, but I can still see some false starts and other struggles.

 

Well I see this as a game where the offensive plays well and gives Tannehill time BUT....the defense can't stop Brady and he kills us.

 

Was hoping to show some faith in Garner on the right side.
Nothing to lose, really.

 

"Clabo heads to the bench."

 

I have no problem that we let Jake go it's that we didn't replace him with anybody. Martin was not a surefire replacement ,we took Jordan in the draft and he barely gets on the field. is what it is the new GM will address the tackles

 

This trade reeks of desperation...Martin will probably be benched soon too.

 

Exactly at the time we signed him, it was being heralded by most "experts". No one could've guessed his play would drop this drastically.

 

with guys like dobson and thompkins, this offense stops itself occasionally. youll see

 

I dont even ireland would deny fhat this is a desperation move.

 

He left for ONE reason. The Rams offered more guaranteed money. Simple as that.

 

Have you watched a lot of Rams games? PFF rates him the 8th best LT in the league. Our line would be a lot better if we still had him.

 

A couple, and I don't think that really reflects the situation that well. A lot of that rating is from penalty(? really?) His run blocking has improved, his pass protection is pretty average, and I think that's about where he is as a player right now.

 

Our line would be a lot better if we still had him. Right now it looks like Ireland gambled and lost when it comes to the offensive tackle situation.

 

Something all the people on here *****ing conveniently overlook

 

As you have pointed out many times before, FA's are usually never worth the contract, you just have to hope you get a decent level of play out of them. The Rams are getting that with Long while we are currently wasting a lot more on a WR.

Long may be overpaid, but I'd rather have his overpaid *** here protecting our QB instead of the horrendous situation we find ourselves in now. We are now planning on starting a 360lb cast-off with a bum knee, I'm not sure it can get any worse than this.

 

Well supposedly Ross called Philbin & Ireland on the carpet after the Buffalo loss, and the next day something happened. So maybe Ross is starting to see Ireland is the real problem.

 

obviously Atlanta didn't.

 

Are people on here Atlanta? What's your point? I'll answer for you you have none.

 

We offered Jake a competitive contract. I wouldn't say letting him walk was a good decision. I'd say we're lucky he didn't take our offer.

 

Interesting enough, the past 3 years Clabo was top 5 by pff for rts. 2011 he was #1. 2012 5th.

Yet Atlanta cuts him to save $4.5 million. We sign him for $3.5m. Doesn't that sound fishy? Why was there no competition for him?

Looks like everyone including Jeff Ireland knew he wasn't worth much. It was only fans who we're expecting more.