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Originally Posted by Nick
How so? You make it sound like this should have been done earlier. But excluding Mario Williams who signed in April of the year he was drafted, no Top Five pick from the last three years signed a deal before July 26th.
Maybe people were getting impatient because Jake Long, Matt Ryan, and Darren McFadden have all signed, I dunno. But going by past precedent, Long's actually a bit early in terms of being a top five pick agreeing to terms on a deal.
I'm anxious to see how he looks in camp.
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You're right in that by past precedent that Chris may be early, however, for this year he's somewhat late. Both #1 and #3 have been signed for a good while and those should have set the terms pretty well, even if the deals were for differing lengths. But that's exactly what we saw here, right? A 5 year deal with a team option 6th year.
In any case, my point was, that given Chris' attitude and the guidance from his father, I was expecting that Chris would sign early, especially given that the guys surrounding him were signed. If I was a betting man I would have bet he would have been in the fold before July. In the end, it doesn't matter because he'll be there for all of camp. All that's left is for me to get me a Long jersey! I expect great things from him through the years.