RT or LT for Jake Long?
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Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker One of the final questions NFL general managers have for Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long is whether he is better suited to play left tackle or right tackle at the pro level. Any team that takes Long in the top five next week will be forced to play him on the left side because of the immense amount of money involved in the contract. Long is projected to ...
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Rams trade talk picking up steam
Published 4/18/2008 by VanRam <info@turfshowtimes.com> at Turf Show Times: Front Page Posts
... Move over Alex Barron. Brown's GM Phil Savage says that Jake Long could be Pro Bowler at RT his first year in the league. While there's no question there'd be some development time on the left side, the debate about whether or not Long can be an NFL LT seems to be all but gone now. Here's another riff on something in that link, for the kind of $$ Long's going to get it could well force teams to play him on the left side. Could that be part of the Rams reasoning in considering a trade down? Getting a first round talent, but not paying him LT money with a healthy Pace still ...
