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No. 1 draftee Long steadily progressing for rising Dolphins



Since inking No. 1 overall draft pick Jake Long to a five-year, $57.75 million contract back in April, the Dolphins have seen steady improvement from their mammoth investment. Although the consensus around the league is that the Broncos’ Ryan Clady has been the cream of the crop for rookie offensive tackles, we hear that the club has not had any regrets about opting for the player who has protected Chad Pennington’s blind side since the QB's arrival in South Florida. According to a source close to the club, offensive coordinator Dan Henning, one of the more straight-shooting coaches in the NFL, raves about Long more than any other player. Officially, Long has given up 2½ sacks and has been flagged for two holding calls, and he has been instrumental in the success of the ground game out of the “Wildcat” formation. Long’s thrived in his role in the unbalanced formation, where his sheer mass and strength have proven to be particularly advantageous.



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Honestly, he shouldn't be credited with 2.5 sacks as 1.5 of those weren't really his fault. His QB rolls into the rush because he knows Long is a superior pass pro tackle. I'm extremely happy with Long's rookie season, and the fact that he doesn't seem to be making the same mistakes over and over, and he doesn't seem to be having mental lapses. He doesn't seem to be physically overmatched by anyone in the NFL from ultra-fast-twitch speed rushers to huge bull rushers to combo guys, to cagey vets with a bag of tricks, to complex stunt schemes. That bodes very well for the future.

As the Dolphins showed, Clady--a fantastic young tackle--isn't the force in the run game that Long is. I would give Clady the nod for pass protection, but that's no slagging of Long, it's just simply t hat Clady is phenomenal as a pass protector.
 
who cares about clady.. i think most of his success comes from their zone blocking scheme that has always made their mediocre o line and runningbacks flurish.. jake long is the real deal
 
jake long = as good as advertised hell i wish we could clone him 4 times then the whole line would be jake longs
 
i know 1 sack was b/c pennington turned into longs guy and caused his own sack. where does the half a sack come from? i dono lolll.

but clady is one beast i have to say
 
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