Miami & Rams with Unfair Advantage??

With only one hour and fifty three minutes until the draft (but who's counting), the first pick has already been made. Early this week Miami signed Jake Long to a contract as an offensive tackle. But the NFL told the Rams that they cannot do the same, even though now it's their turn.

I may be missing an angle to this, but:

1. Why let Miami make their first pick days before the draft (giving the Rams a slight head start that no one else will get)
   
2. Why only let the 1st pick go and then hold up the rest?
   

I really don't get it. Will someone enlighten me?

Is there a hyphen in the word "Count-down"?

I was recently told there wasn't but that's ok. Who really cares? The more important thing is that we are all counting down to the NFL draft this weekend. With a few extra hours to wait due to the new changes to the format (starts 3pm instead of 12noon), maybe our entire Saturday will not be consumed by draft-watching... hah, who am I kidding? Pre-draft coverage will probably begin at 9am.