Comments on: Ross, Ireland deny that Ross is pushing for Tannehill

By: beeronthefridge

beeronthefridge — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:25:19 +0000

Secret sources are salguero and king’s imaginary playmates when they were kids!

Unfortunately, there are enough gullible fans that swallow this nonsense!

By: jimmyc170th

jimmyc170th — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:19:36 +0000

You definitely have some thing up ur @#* with the dolphins. you have never written a positive article about them. you must be a jets fan or something and are jealous of our rich history.

By: dolfan72

dolfan72 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:15:50 +0000

The Dolphins have become THE CHICAGO CUBS OF THE NFL! FIRE JEFF IRELAND!

Knowing Ireland, he’ll trade the pick to Jacksonville to get Chad Henne back!

It’s a no brainer to EVERYONE to get Tannehill, but we all know how these STOOGES operate!

By: cafinfan

cafinfan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:15:36 +0000

TIME FOR A DE….a big bad nasty DE… I keep saying the drop off is just TOO BIG from Luck,RGIII and then everybody else. This is not the Draft for our Team to draft a franchise QB.

By: buffalodiehard

buffalodiehard — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:49:44 +0000

Hahaha listen to all these ‘phinz homers! Cuz Ross has never flat out lied to everyone before! Remember when he flew to Jim Harbaugh’s place to “realize how happy he was with Tony Sparano”?

By: maddogcraig77

maddogcraig77 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:23:22 +0000

Florio – don’t get too big for your britches – report the news -stop with the snide comments all of the time – it’s destroying the product you’ve worked hard to build. There’s nothing wrong with an occasional editorial – but your comments on everything make it look like you think you could build EVERY team into a winner.

By: promickey

promickey — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:15:33 +0000

Mike the only real question is what you and Peter King are going to say after the Dolphins draft a WR or Pass rusher in the first round and do not draft a QB until the 3rd round, later or not at all. Will you then question Peter King and your very very very very very high sources.

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:41:41 +0000

What a finely tuned machine that Dolphin organization is. Every Steve Ross press conference should start with circus music.

By: twyger

twyger — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:33:40 +0000

randomcommenter says: “According to Ireland, does this mean Tanneyhill does or does not have a family member who is a prostitute?”

No word yet on that question… apparently Tannehill didn’t tell Ireland his dad was a pimp, and his mom worked for his dad during their interview (unlike a certain Dallas Cowboys receiver).

On the other hand, I know for a fact that Ireland does know and interact with certain writer/journalists who have been accused by other members of the press of “character assassination”… so who knows what he might cook up for an encore.

By: chwtom

chwtom — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:30:51 +0000

Yes, the Dolphins are denying that Ross is pushing Ireland to draft Tannehill.

But if we made a list of owner/GM combos with the least amount of credibility, Ross and Ireland would pretty much be competing with Mike Brown, and that’s about it.

They have embarassed themselves at every turn the last 2 years, and their public denial of another example of their dysfunction doesn’t carry a lot of weight with me. Of course they are denying it–who would admit that the owner has the GMs balls in his pocket?

By: randomcommenter

randomcommenter — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:20:34 +0000

According to Ireland, does this mean Tanneyhill does or does not have a family member who is a prostitute?

By: silverhornet

silverhornet — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:19:09 +0000

One would think these stories would cease to exist given the supposed popularity of the Miami Dolphins being at this supposed all time low. Yet here we are, hearing story after story about the Dolphins. Strange how that works….

By: tommynatorii

tommynatorii — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:17:31 +0000

bchapman2011 says:
Apr 23, 2012 5:15 PM
I can’t stand the anti Miami sentiment on this website. What do you want from the fins Florio? You have written three articles the past two days concerning this subject so Miami’s owner comes out and addresses your false claims and you still do not believe them. This site would blast the team if they did not address this story and now this article says they are over addressing the situation. This website and Florio are the last ones that Miami should be worrying about.

Florio once tried to get Dan Marino’s autograph and was looked over. Thus his hatred for Miami.

By: lostsok

lostsok — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:05:30 +0000

Ross and Ireland have clearly learned how important this is the fans (the draft/off-season specifically). That they are trying to communicate while not giving anything away has got to be inconvenient and uncomfortable, but they are trying.

I give them props for that.

As to the original rumor, its pretty clear that the people truly in the know are limited…so these very, very (very?) highly placed sources…are just guessing anyway.

Or this is all just a big smokescreen and Ireland/Ross are doing better at it that people want to admit.

By: butch815

butch815 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:02:23 +0000

How about you NOT report any gossip that includes the term, unnamed sources, unnamed scouts or just anything unnamed. If you feel compelled to do so anyway start each gossip column with, “We are using a style we learned from the National Enquirer”….

By: rod4260

rod4260 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:54:46 +0000

Enough already let’s not bid against ourselves. In 3 days we will see what Ireland does. If he fails this will be his last draft.

By: mistrezzrachael

mistrezzrachael — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:37:34 +0000

Boy…Are the Dolphins paranoid or what???

No offense PFT, but this is a football gossip website…and Ross feels compelled to answer???

Funny, but ever since 30-40 fans protested there,,Ross and Ireland have been incoherant.

Its about time both of those clowns above realize they do not belong associated with an NFL franchise..unless it’s sewing torn jockstraps or organizing halftime shows, something they do better than any NFL team.

Wow!!!

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:36:46 +0000

Good grief, Mr. Ross, just ignore it. The more you protest, the more credibility you give the rumors.

Thursday can’t come soon enough.

By: chrisritch93

chrisritch93 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:35:17 +0000

Good when they draft someone else, you can post what a very,very, very misinformed doof you are !

By: mrguygadbois

mrguygadbois — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:35:00 +0000

The Miami “braintrust” seems hyper-sensitive to media reports and scrutiny. But maybe if they’d do a better job of configuring a competetitive team, the media coverage would be less critical. Then again, Irelans is one of Parcells’ cronies- and they aren’t exactly media-friendly (unless you kiss their behinds, of course).

By: clevefan1

clevefan1 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:34:30 +0000

Obviously they want Tannehill but because he can’t keep his mouth shut about it, they might have to give up another draft pick in order to trade up and ensure they are able to pick him. I think a 2nd rounder would convince the Vikes or Browns to swap with them.

By: bchapman2011

bchapman2011 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:33:42 +0000

I have been thinking about this one and Florio makes a valid point. Miami is usually a silent franchise yet both Ireland and Ross have reached out to PFT and claimed the rumors are totally false. They also reached out to the Miami Herald to deny these stories. However, I think there is another reason behind this. They may intend to take Tannehill or they may not, I think they are more concerned with a scenario where Tannehill gets drafted prior to their #8 selection. This will make it look like Miami whiffed on another player that they coveted especially with all of these stories coming out about how badly they want him. If Tannehill gets selected prior to Miami getting their selection in their will be even an even angrier fanbase in South Florida even if Miami had no intention of drafting him.

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:32:10 +0000

sure believe your un named scource over the guy you claim is making the push. a guy who happens to run the team. let’s see who am I to believe the guy who throws a bunch of rumours out there hoping 1 of them will stick or the owner or the guys who actually know something about football since they you know are the ones running a team?

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:31:00 +0000

Who cares about the QB, what did Ross say about his sales force unable to sell tickets?

Drafting Tannehill is a dumb move, wait until next yers QB class. Go with Moore, now.

But again, what did he have to say about his season ticket base dropping below 30K?

By: alleagles20

alleagles20 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:28:43 +0000

At what point in that email did Ross deny wanting Tannehill?? All he said was that Ireland and co. have his backing..he did not say he doesn’t want Tannehill.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:28:37 +0000

That University of Michigan education is not helping Stephen Ross!!!

How stupid do you have to be to deny something that you have confirmed???

By: dryzzt23

dryzzt23 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:26:57 +0000

So IF Ireland takes Tannehill…

and the ‘Phins wind up sucking and own the 1st pick in the ’13 NFL Draft w/an opportunity to take Matt Barkley….

How much you want to bet that Ireland is fired right after the season?

By: miamigator

miamigator — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:24:48 +0000

A very, very, very highly placed source has assured me that Mike Florio is working for the New York Jets.

Give it a rest, Mike.

By: detroitlionsnfl

detroitlionsnfl — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:24:20 +0000

Of course Jeff Ireland is going to say whatever he needs to say to make sure his boss doesn’t look like a meddler and that he doesn’t look like weak. You can’t really trust anything that’s said immediately before the draft either way.

By: dirtybird28

dirtybird28 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:24:16 +0000

I’m not a Phins fan, so looking on I would 100% skip Tannehill. He could be a great q, though needs time. Trade out or take Floyd.