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Gordo Live
Join columnist Jeff Gordon for a live chat from 1-2 p.m. Monday about the Cards, Rams, Blues, Mizzou, SLU or whatever sport or team is on your mind.
Monday, April 14, 2008 01:00 PM CDT
Cory Radford: Jeff, the NFL announced the regular season schedule wil be announced tomorrow (Tuesday April 15) @ 1 PM CST on the NFL Network. Can you give us a sneak preview of anything you know about who and when the Rams might play? Maybe who they open with? (For the first time since 1999, I don't think they will have any prime time games.)
Jeff Gordon: Outside of the division, they play Dallas, the Giants, Chicago, Buffalo and Miami at home and Philly, Washington, Atlanta, New England and the Jets on the road.

So a return to 8-8 is possible. To do better than that, the team will really have to improve.

I'd be surprised if the Rams got a marquee time in there . . .
Nick: Hey Gordo,

Is it too far-fetched to see Will Franklin in a Rams Uniform next season?

Round 1: Vernon Gholston
Round 2: Jeremy Zuttah?
Round 3: Will Franklin
Round 4: Erik Ainge

What do you think?
Jeff Gordon: Scouts Inc ranks Zuttah at this 15th-best guard with bulk issues, so that is not happening. The Rams seem to like Franklin, although that might be too high for him.

Ainge is ranked as the ninth best quarterback, whiich isn't great in a bad year for quarterbacks. So he goes later, too.
dagjagdida: Hi Gordo, greetings from England. If the Rams take Chris Long or Gholston with the No 2 pick (with DE being the priority position to upgrade)are they likely to consider LB or Safety if one of the first round grade players fall to our 2nd round pick or are they likely to stick with their predetermined positiom based needs of WR, OT & CB?
Cheers.
Jeff Gordon: Devaney isn't optimistic about a quality LB being there in the second round. The draft is thin there. OT and WR are better positions for that pick, but you never know.
Ram King: Hey Gordo,

With the addition of Saunders at OC and a new mix at WR do you think the Rams offense will look and perform completely different than the ho hum offense we have seen from Linehan the last couple of years? I'm not expecting the GSOT part 2, but can we at least be a little optimistic that the offense will be a sort of exciting to watch?
Jeff Gordon: I would expect a different look, with more 3-WR sets and better use of the tight end in the passing game. Saunders knows how to use Pro Bowl-caliber running backs, too. He didn't have great receivers in Kansas City, yet his teams put up big numbers.

Of course, he DID have great offensive lines. It remains to be seen what becomes of that Rams unit in '08, but it has to be better, right?
Warren Arnold: For the Rams in the second round of the draft, what do you think of Earl Bennett from Vanderbilt? He quietly set SEC records as the only receiver on that team.

Thanks
Jeff Gordon: Scouts Inc has him down at 84, suggesting he could be a great third-round pick. He isn't viewed as an explosive talent, but, like you say, he has a knack for putting up numbers. The Rams could do worse.