Jake Long / Miami, Done Deal

[Garrett]

According to several news sources, including ESPN.

Will the Fins want to trade up to #23 for a QB? Not sure if the new regime is sold on Beck.

[Sluzilla]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8060536/Dolphins-to-make-Jake-Long-draft's-top-pick?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5

The first pick of the NFL Draft is no longer a mystery.

Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long and the Miami Dolphins have agreed to terms on a six-year deal — voided after five years — with $30 million guaranteed and a total value of $57M over five years, FOXSports.com has learned.
Long is slated to fly into Miami later Tuesday to join his new team.
There has been much speculation recently that the team was setting up a smoke screen in their interest of Long, but apparently it wasn't a ruse.
Long, a 6-7, 315-pound tackle, was a two-time All-American at Michigan and was twice named Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year.
He will be the first offensive lineman to be drafted No. 1 since 1997, when the St. Louis Rams took Ohio State tackle Orlando Pace. It will be the fifth time in league history an offensive lineman has gone No. 1.
Long has insisted he's not consumed with the possibility of going first.
"It doesn't matter to me when I get drafted," he said. "I'll be happy wherever I go and I'm going to do everything I can to have a great career."
With the deal done, the St. Louis Rams are on the clock. The Dolphins have nine total picks in this weekend's draft.
Long gave up just two sacks and was called for only two penalties in his entire career. He joined Pace, Michigan State's Tony Mandarich and Ohio State's Korey Stringer as the only Big Ten linemen to be selected the conference's best in consecutive seasons.
Long's toughest challenge came off the field on the night the Detroit Pistons won the 2004 NBA title. The off-campus house he was living in caught fire and the only way out of his second-floor room, which was filled with smoke, was through a window. He kicked out the screen and belly-flopped on his buddy's Bronco.
Long suffered a sore shoulder from his fall onto a truck, and smoke inhalation landed him in the hospital for a week. He made a full recovery.
During his sophomore season, he missed the first seven games with an ankle injury. Long weighed 335 pounds as Michigan slumped to a 7-5 record that was so startling, it motivated the entire team to get into better shape, including its star tackle. Long lost 20 pounds and kept the weight off the next two seasons.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[markymarc]

Good move by the Dolphins. IMO Jake Long is going to be a very good T at the NFL level. One choice down and only 30 more to go.

[FistfullofRings]

I put the over/under at 5 minutes as to how long it takes them to finally anounce it at the podium and move on to pick #2.

God, I hate that!

[markymarc]

I put the over/under at 5 minutes as to how long it takes them to finally anounce it at the podium and move on to pick #2.

God, I hate that!

Yea that stuff is ridiculous. At this point I would go with over 5 minutes and would not be surprised if they take it down to the last 60 seconds.

[Hines57]

Go Blue!..............

[toledosteel7]

Go Blue!..............

don't you mean "Go Aqua!"

[BermudaSteel]

Go Blue!..............

He MEANT - "Go trade up for #23 and get your QB too" instead of "Blue".

[t-bone]

good signing for them....

hard to tell what they think of Beck.....he had some rookie moments last year, without many bright spots....3 weeks ago, you'd a thought Ryan was their guy.....

[Hines57]

don't you mean "Go Aqua!"
Just another top notch OL prospect coming out of Ann Arbor.

[LetMePlay]

I predicted Chris Long. The Rams just got better.

[Slingnsteel17]

Yeah so what's so special about the draft when they announce who they will pick 4 days before the draft. Stupid. All the hype and do it this way, I don't get it.

[Lorak]

Yeah so what's so special about the draft when they announce who they will pick 4 days before the draft. Stupid. All the hype and do it this way, I don't get it.

If your locked into number 1. No one is willing to trade, and you know for sure who you want.
Why not go ahead and work on the contract? They just got lucky in that the terms were met and agreed to so quickly.

Could have just as easily started the contract negotions and been working on them until july. Can never tell.

[Spike]

Not much of a surprise. Jake Long is probably the safest pick in the draft.

[Superman]

Can we mock this?

[jacklambert5858]

Jake Long also makes sense from a numbers atndpoint. If they select Chris they would be overpaying a rookie who would be making above what everybody else makes at that position. Jake or Ryan would have been the only two who could have fit with the first pick and the Dolphins already have a kid on the sideline who might pan out. Great selection by the Tuna.

[t-bone]

Can we mock this?


if he turns into Robert Gallery, yer damn right we can.

[motownsteeler]

Ann Arbor is a whore

[SteelerFan448]

The Rams are going to get a very good player in Chris Long or Glenn Dorsey.