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Coach Tony Sparano confirms Long is much stronger, particularly in his lower body, than he was a year ago. He is also much quicker in the head.

''He is so much further ahead mentally,'' Sparano said. ``He kind of knows what to expect now out there and is trying to fine-tune the parts of his game that he needed to work on from last year: a little bit more of the hand use, where his feet are, how he is handling speed in some of those situations. He did a great job of it last year learning on the fly and is really trying to get to the next level with some of that stuff.''

I'm eager for the start of training camp. It will be a treat to watch Long go against Jason Taylor and Joey Porter and Cameron Wake in one-on-one pass-rush drills. We saw how both Long and Porter benefitted from the drills last year.
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Looking for Long to play as well as any LT in the league this season. If the line can stay healthy - big if - we should be able to generate a very productive rushing attack.
 
This would be awesome if he can continue to get even more dominant where when we need 3 yards it becomes automatic running behind him. Teams that have an absolutely dominant LT have a big advantage over everyone else.
 
Notice how Sparano mentioned Wake in the same breath as Taylor and Porter? Interesting...
 
Sparano said nothing about Wake, that was the writer's note.
 
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