Jerome: now chris long was a great pick and donnie avery was a little shock but still a good pick do you think he will do good in the nfl?

Jeff Gordon: Avery has speed, so he will help. He HAS to help. Other than Stanley, there wasn't much speed in the receiver corps.

Chuck Smith: Gordo how do the fans not know that Glenn Dorsey is the superior player.. superior size... superior conference.. superior everything. Have they noticed are lack of run stoppers and leadership?

Jeff Gordon: Obviously the Rams are expecting Clifton Ryan and Adam Carriker to develop into run stoppers in the middle. The pressure on Carriker will be considerable, since he should end up playing Dorsey's position most of the year. Let's see how it turns out.

Big Mal: Avery??? Didn't a former Rams regime select Eddie Kennison over highly rated (and deservedly so) Syracuse wide receiver Marvin Harrion becase of Kennison's speed and secondary role as a kick returner? All of the elite and highly rated wide receivers still available, all of them, and the Rams "Brain Trust" selects a young wide receiver that would most certainly been available in the 3rd round and probably the 4th round as well.

That pick just does not make sense. I would be curios a year from now as to which wide receiver(s) in this draft class are the cream of the crop. Perhaps this you guy told the Rams staff he will sign for 4th round money so there was a vestd interest in selecting him with the 33rd pick lest he fell to a rival.

Jeff Gordon: The Rams were down on a lot of the top receiving prospects. Other GMs felt the same way, since none of those guys went in the first round. The Rams insist this guy is a top all-around prospect, not just a runner like "Boo" Kennison. It will be fun to analyze this in a year, because the Rams need Avery to at least be the No. 3 receiver this year.

Gary: I was listening to the radio yesterday and they were all over the rams second round pick is this guy really that bad?

Jeff Gordon: No, he is a talent. But is he better than every other receiver prospect in this draft? Most experts doubt that. The Rams went onto a limb a bit. On the other hand, Keenan Burton could be a nice get late in the fourth round. He would have been drafted much higher had he not played through assorted injuries last year.

JD: Gordo,

Chad Henne said in an interview that late in the first round the Rams told him they were trying to trade up in front of Miami to take him. Were the Rams actually considering that, or was this just a part of draft-day scheming? If it's scheming, isn't it kind of a mean thing to do? I get that lying to another team is part of the game, but to a player who's desperate to have his name called?

Jeff Gordon: When the tackles left the board in the hurry, the Rams considered Plan Bs. Perhaps they would have been better off going for Henne rather than a receiver that could have slipped much later in the draft.