Selection Son Day
Published 4/26/2008 by Adam Kilgore at washingtonpost.com - NFL
NEW YORK -- When his son was born, Howie Long told his Oakland Raiders teammates that he would never play football. Howie knew the toll the sport took on his body. When Chris Long arrived at Virginia on a football scholarship as a defensive end despite his father's early misgivings, he initially...
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coryh64 posted 4/25/2008 from mvn.com
Baby Long is the best player in the 2008 NFL Draft, bar none. It should be fun to mirror his career with that of Glenn Dorsey. Both Dorsey and Long will be top five picks, and they both figure to be perennial pro bowlers. By the fourth pick in the draft, Chris Long is a steal.NFL Draft U.’s Top 101 Prospects: Chris Long, Not Jake, is No. 1
coryh64 posted 4/25/2008 from mvn.com
1. Chris Long, DE, Virginia 2. Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU 3. Jake Long, T, Michigan 4. Vernon Gholston, DE, Ohio State 5. Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC 6. Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas 7. Brian Brohm, QB, Louisville 8. Branden Albert, G/T, Virginia 9. Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois 10. Phillip Merling, DE, ClemsonRams seem to prefer C. Long over Dorsey
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