Why did the Dolphins draft Michigan's Jake Long and Chad Henne? Talent and the price was right
The Miami Dolphins made Michigan star Jake Long the No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft. In the next round, they chose Michigan quarterback Chad Henne with the 57th pick.
Former Dolphins executive vice president Bill Parcells talked about why those picks made sense for Miami on ESPN.
The answer: The right talent and the right price.
The Palm Beach Post notes that Long signed a five-year deal with $30 million of the $57.5 million deal guaranteed, less overall and guaranteed money than the deal Jamarcus Russell received a year earlier.
“This is a dynamic that existed," Parcells said on ESPN. "This is why we have labor problems, all this guaranteed money. It’s devastation for the team. The teams are trying to run out of those early picks, and no one wants them.”
Comments
cutty240
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 : 6:12 p.m.
You have another former Michigan QB just like Henne,that can't play in the NFL Mr Mallett.You wondered why Rich ran him off.He's a accident waiting to happen.
Theo212
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 : 12:10 p.m.
Lloyd should have started Jermaine Gonzalez during all those Navarre/Henne years. He was a much quicker, more dynamic quarterback.