Dolphins Stop Clock and Sign Tackle as Top Pick

The Miami Dolphins, in the midst of an overhaul after a 1-15 season, signed Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long on Tuesday, setting him up to be the first pick over all when the National Football League draft begins on Saturday.

He will become the first offensive lineman to be chosen No. 1 over all since Orlando Pace, whom the St. Louis Rams selected from Ohio State in 1997. Long is the first Wolverine to be picked No. 1 since Tom Harmon in 1941.

Earlier in the off-season, the Dolphins indicated they were willing to trade the first pick. But they found no takers, in part because of the big money paid to players at the top of the draft.....read more