Jeff -
DO the Rams read these? I doubt it. Why is it that neither the local sportswriters nor the Rams spokespeople will even attempt to explain why the Rams saw Donnie Avery as the best WR in the draft (not to mention the best available player at pick 33!) when NO ONE ELSE in the league or football world did.
I can believe that the Rams have some knowledge/wisdom on the talent that others don’t have, but is it a secret that beats out 11 other higher rated WRs? And is that secret one that 31 other teams don’t know? Or did they take him that high because they heard that another team knew that great secret and they were going to take him before the Rams’ #65 pick? How is the Rams’ intelligence on other teams so good that they knew Avery wouldn’t still be there at 65? Why couldn’t they trade down 10 or 20 or 30 spots, still get Avery and get an extra pick?
I know the Rams will never reveal the truth here, but my real question to you is…..Why won’t they even acknowledge that their pick was a LONG reach by everyone’s standards, and at least offer some kind of explanation? And why won’t any reporter ask them that question directly?
You don’t have to be as big a jerk as Kevin Slaten to ask that question, but maybe he’s my only hope.

Can’t you dense idiots who are going off on Gordo understand the concept of sarcasm, and have the intelligence to be able to figure out at who it is directed? Since the answer is “no”, let me explain this to you: his comment about the Rams not reading your blogs is not directed at you, it is directed at the Rams, meaning THE RAMS DON’T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR DRAFT PICKS.
RadicalThinker - well put.

Dear RadicalThinker,

I know exactly what you mean. Liberal shouldn’t be an insult. That coment using the “N” word was worthless and tasteless. And yes, St. Louis does have a pitch, a dash, a slice of read-neck to it. But if you visit Clayton, Chesterfield, Ladue, Creve Coeur… you’ll see that most if not all are classy well-rounded people. And while some may be liberal, some may be conservative, non will act or talk like “Ho-hum” with his/her classless banter.

I think everybody is putting way to much emphasis on this draft. As with all rookies, some won’t even make the team, and the ones that do will not be productive for a few years. So, we all need to take a wait and see approach. That being said, I do question their draft strategy, especially with Avery. I think he’ll be a good back, but I have to agree with most others in that the RAMS could have traded down a bit and still have gotten him. That assumes that somebody wanted to trade with them.

Overall, this is a good draft class, with only one C. Long as the only player that will have a significant immediate impact. The others might take a year or two to see what kind of impact they have.

And Gordo, you could have used a bit more tact. Maybe you can take lessons from “Ho-hum” (comment #9), he’s definitely a free thinker who doesn’t let anything get to him.

All you knuckleheads making those stupid comments still will be sitting in front of your ”IDOIT” boxes every Sunday cheering these guys on. Every Draft is a crap shoot, look at all the number ones and twos that were bust, and all the lower round picks that went on to be pro bowlers.

To correct my self, I meant to say that I think Avery will eventually be a good wideout. I don’t know why I called him a back. I really need to proofread my comments.

Looks like they just removed that post by that tool who used the “N” word. Nice, now we can get back to trashing gordo and the rams without using hateful and hurtful language. he’s also brutal on the radio, gordo is…

The same people replying to Gordo, must be the losers from the Rams Talk forum. I love all you fat people who were too unathletic to play sports, so you throw a temper tantrum over draft picks.

Hey Ram Nation or Jeff Gordon Hater Nation or Ram Hater Nation !
Now while i agree this gordon fellow seems like a douche i think all of your loyalties seem questionable at best. I have been a fan since the halcyon days of Merlon Olsen, James Harris, Jim and Jack Youngblood, Rod Perry and Lawerence McCutchens and Henry Ellard’s rookie seasons as well as sir Issac Bruce. And I am only 43 years old so for those of you not familiar with mathematics ( and it seems quite a lot of you aren’t ) that means since i was a very small boy probably 7 years old. Now having said this i’ve had my heart broken many times and questioned many front office and head coaches’ moves (including seeing the vikings win in the snow against the rams in the conference finals only to lose to the eventual super bowl winner’s in the ram’s backyard of southern california and often that being to a team the rams had defeated earlier in the year) i have to say Me Thinks You Do Protest Too Much. The rams after having moved to Saint Louis have played in 2 superbowls winning won and were exciting as well as revolutionary for a few years, they never did that while here and only the truly loyal fans continued as i have to cheer for them even after they left, i wonder if you would still if they moved again? The team there before now in arizona was a pathetic excuse for a team except for oj anderson and jim hart. You fans in the show me state need to show me something, and that is that you can refrain from being a bunch of wusses who want championships delivered fed ex and instead actually be loyal and go to the home games and pack the the Ed Jones Dome or whatever it is called this week and cheer the whole game as loud as you can to help our team no matter what their record is or their opponent is, you need to show me that on a sunday afternnon at 4 pm you really do not have a better place to be and stay throughout the game, win or lose. If you show our Rams that you really love them and are loyalists and not bandwagoneers they will love you back and succeed in the ways we all want them to, and then some 7 year old kid who grew up loving them won’t have to write to you when he grows up to remind you how spoiled you are, afterall you all have been acting like a bunch of southern californians the past couple of years, too cool for school, and not getting it when it come to live pro football. With a real NFL crown in your stadium me and 10 guys i know could win the 8 home games played there. There is no excuse for the fans of the rams who are fortunate enough to go the homes to continue to let down all of the ram’s fans, if you won’t stay and won’t cheer the whole game do us a favor and give your ticket to someone who will! So please stop whinning about the draft and start preparing to be in the seats cheering them on like a real NFL crowd does, as it is you get the team you deserve, and you so callled rams fans in missouri deserve a very meek team, that’s easily distracted by divisive side shows these past couple years rather than a unified team surrounded and supported by a nation of fans who are as fanatic about their team as anyone else is in these 50 states. Stop perpetuating the jokes and jeers made by rams haters and help the rams rise above it to return to the former glory. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME OLD RAMS! only the haters are the same old tired bigotted in bred and obtuse idiots they always have been. real football fans don’t bitch so go find some other team or sport to think you are superior to. You are either for the Rams no matter what or your against the Rams, there is no middle groud.

Hey Ram Nation or Jeff Gordon Hater Nation or Ram Hater Nation !
Now while i agree this gordon fellow seems like a douche i think all of your loyalties seem questionable at best. I have been a fan since the halcyon days of Merlon Olsen, James Harris, Jim and Jack Youngblood, Rod Perry and Lawerence McCutchens and Henry Ellard\’s rookie seasons as well as sir Issac Bruce. And I am only 43 years old so for those of you not familiar with mathematics ( and it seems quite a lot of you aren\’t ) that means since i was a very small boy probably 7 years old. Now having said this i\’ve had my heart broken many times and questioned many front office and head coaches\’ moves (including seeing the vikings win in the snow against the rams in the conference finals only to lose to the eventual super bowl winner\’s in the ram\’s backyard of southern california and often that being to a team the rams had defeated earlier in the year) i have to say Me Thinks You Do Protest Too Much. The rams after having moved to Saint Louis have played in 2 superbowls winning won and were exciting as well as revolutionary for a few years, they never did that while here and only the truly loyal fans continued as i have to cheer for them even after they left, i wonder if you would still if they moved again? The team there before now in arizona was a pathetic excuse for a team except for oj anderson and jim hart. You fans in the show me state need to show me something, and that is that you can refrain from being a bunch of wusses who want championships delivered fed ex and instead actually be loyal and go to the home games and pack the the Ed Jones Dome or whatever it is called this week and cheer the whole game as loud as you can to help our team no matter what their record is or their opponent is, you need to show me that on a sunday afternnon at 4 pm you really do not have a better place to be and stay throughout the game, win or lose. If you show our Rams that you really love them and are loyalists and not bandwagoneers they will love you back and succeed in the ways we all want them to, and then some 7 year old kid who grew up loving them won\’t have to write to you when he grows up to remind you how spoiled you are, afterall you all have been acting like a bunch of southern californians the past couple of years, too cool for school, and not getting it when it come to live pro football. With a real NFL crown in your stadium me and 10 guys i know could win the 8 home games played there. There is no excuse for the fans of the rams who are fortunate enough to go the homes to continue to let down all of the ram\’s fans, if you won\’t stay and won\’t cheer the whole game do us a favor and give your ticket to someone who will! So please stop whinning about the draft and start preparing to be in the seats cheering them on like a real NFL crowd does, as it is you get the team you deserve, and you so callled rams fans in missouri deserve a very meek team, that\’s easily distracted by divisive side shows these past couple years rather than a unified team surrounded and supported by a nation of fans who are as fanatic about their team as anyone else is in these 50 states. Stop perpetuating the jokes and jeers made by rams haters and help the rams rise above it to return to the former glory. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME OLD RAMS! only the haters are the same old tired bigotted in bred and obtuse idiots they always have been. real football fans don\’t bitch so go find some other team or sport to think you are superior to. You are either for the Rams no matter what or your against the Rams, there is no middle groud.