- Dolphins coach Tony Sparano has advised Jake Long it would be in his best interest to become instant buddies with Jason Taylor and Vonnie Holliday.
Sparano's hope is that the Dolphins' two veteran pass rushers will take a liking to their new teammate and eventually mentor the draft's No. 1 overall pick, speeding up his development as the starting left tackle.
"They need to be your best friends," Sparano said he told Long. "He kind of looked at me and wondered why I would say something like that. I've seen it all the time happen to young players. They go against the veteran players and the veteran players can help them with some of the craft, some of the things they expect or that give them some problems.
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