He’s not the most popular candidate. He has previous experience in a not so great 6 year run as Dolphins GM, working under Parcells.
However, after being hired by the Saints, he was given permission to revamp their scouting department in 2016. If scouting is the path to talent laden drafts, it’s kinda hard to argue with the results.
I wasn’t too keen to the idea, but I’m starting to warm up to it a bit. He’s always going to be the goat who took Jake Long over Matt Ryan, but I can’t help but wonder how much Parcells and Parcells Rules for Drafting a QB, stifled what Ireland wanted to do.