FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- After seven years together with the St. Louis Rams, Chris Long and James Laurinaitis were reunited on the practice field Tuesday -- Long now with the New England Patriots, Laurinaitis with the New Orleans Saints.
But it didn't take long for the two close friends to get back into their familiar groove, taking turns praising and ribbing each other during a joint interview with ESPN.
"I like to see how he's doing, if they're holding him together with tape down in New Orleans. He's pretty old," Long, 31, said of Laurinaitis, 29.