Jake Long was just waiting for that call from an NFL team, confident his right knee is healthy again and thus frustrated to be out of action.
The Vikings, with both a former coach and quarterback of Long’s as a bonus, finally checked in on the other end of the line.
“I know the type of player that I am, and I’ve still got a lot of football left,” Long said Tuesday after his first practice with the team, taking most of his turns at left tackle. “It was frustrating, but like I said, I kept my head down, rehabbed, worked out every single day and knew a call would come eventually, and it finally did.