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Ozzie Newsome: Dolphins not picking Jake Long

Ozzie Newsome knows the Dolphins need an offensive tackle. He is aware the Dolphins are talking to Jake Long. But that doesn't make him believe the Dolphins are going to actually draft Jake Long.

No way, he says.

“I think one of the best parts of the draft is the intrigue that goes with it with what other teams are going to do," Newsome said. "Right now, probably half of you think Jake Long is going to be the No. 1 pick. I’d probably smile and say that’s not going to happen. And, [Miami is] negotiating with the kid right now, for whatever reason."

Newsome believes the Dolphins are still desperately trying to trade out of the top pick but would end up picking Chris Long if they have to stay at No. 1. Newsome's guess is as good as any because he bases how he handles the Baltimore draft, in part, on how Parcells has traditionally done things.

“I give Bill a lot of credit," Newsome said. "You probably can take eight to 10 teams in this draft that are byproducts of what Bill started with the New York Giants. You take New England, then you have Atlanta, the Jets, you have us, Jacksonville and Cleveland.

"A lot of what we do started in New York with Bill Parcells. Now, he has the first pick. But, I go to sleep every night – and this is what I learned from the first draft when we were picking fourth: If you’ve got four players, the other teams can’t get four. They can get three. So, I can go to sleep every night knowing that if we have eight players, we are going to get one of those eight. That’s the comfort level I have. I have spent a lot of time with Bill. But he is not going to tell me, and he’s definitely not going to tell you all."

I didn't need newsome to tell me....Jeff ireland made that pefectly clear last week.

Ahem!!!!  Care to repeat that?

Nah, if you're gonna call gocowboys out on that one, you better line up everyone else who heard that and thought he slipped. I'm in that group, and easily 75% of all the people I spoke to about it are as well. I actually don't believe the "pillar of our defense" was an act either, as much as it was a casual misuse of terminology in a press conference where both offense and defense was being discussed.

No complaints though...I'm happy as hell to see Jake Long come aboard.

He's just as bad as D_B on a lot of his predictions, that's why.  If I recall correctly, he ranted on us missing out on Parcells when he supposedly went to the Falcons, only to see Parcells do an about face later in the day.

Wow, gocowboys being called out for poking a little fun at ireland. Tommy give it up. I've been on the Jake Long bandwagon for months now, but their was also a realistic possibility Chris long couldve been the pick as well.  I've been more right than wrong about the dolphins over the years, trust me. Who told you Drew Bress would become a saint because huizenga didn't want to offer what the saints were. Who told you to pick Antonio Cromartie a few years ago. I don't care who's right or wrong on a message board. I called out huizenga about parcells, because it shouldve been wayne not Arthur blank being proactive in pursuing parcells. If he'd went to atlanta you would've been at wayne's front door with a semi-automatic. If we counted the number of times you've been wrong it might equal your post count.