According to sources at ESPN.com, the Miami Dolphins have reached a contract agreement with Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long and will select him with the first overall pick.
The announcement will come at a 1:45 p.m. ET news conference.
Despite speculation that Dolphins vice president of football operations Bill Parcells really had planned to select Ohio State defensive end Vernon Gholston or Virginia defensive end Chris Long, sources told ESPN’s Michael Smith that since the Dolphins opened negotiations with Jake Long they were talking to him exclusively.
So now the focus becomes what the Rams will do at No. 2. The talk thus far is that they’ll go with a defensive end (either Chris Long or Vernon Gholston), but reports surfaced last night that they might take DT Glenn Dorsey and move 2006 first round pick Adam Carriker back to his more natural end position.
Let the rumors fly!
