Lawarence Marmie: Okay, doesn't the fact that Jim Haslett got shown such little interest by other NFL teams even as an defensive coordinator illustrate just what a terrible job he has done in his time with the Rams? All this talk about him being "fiery" must not be enough to overcome his boring, unimaginative game planning. I can't even believe the Rams briefly considered him for their head coaching vacancy. And the fact that he became an automatic finalist was just laughable.

Jim Thomas: I guess you could say the same, then for Billick, Martz, Gruden, Shanahan, Cowher, Schottenheimer. Bums! All of them!

Dejan: Hi Jim,
1.St Louis Rams fan club in Serbia would like to know what are Rams next steps concerning their own FA players same as who thay are most likely to target in Scouting combine and in FA period wich starts less then a 2 weeks?
2.Is there any chance maybe that Rams are not interested in Bartell or Atogwe so much?
3.What about Holt's and Pace's situation within a team, any news? (I really do hope they do retain both players same as Little!!!)
4.How competative Rams can afford to be in race for Gross and Bart Scott?
5.MAybe it's time to part ways with Pisa? I love that player but if we can bring in Bart Scott type of player than he is not needed any more i'm affraid, don't you think so?

Thanks for all of Yours answers and greetings from SERBIA!

Jim Thomas: Things will start developing at the combine this week. The Rams will meet with the agent for Pace and Holt. I'm sure they will get a feel for if there's any trade interest in either.
All signs indicate that the Rams are indeed interested in Bartell and Atogwe.
I think Gross will be re-signed by Carolina.
There will be a lot of teams interested in Scott. So the competition will be fierce for his services, I believe. Don't know what to say about Pisa's future with the team. I guess we'll know pretty soon.

lynyrd: Jim, As always thanks for the chats, I don't miss one. I tried to post this question last week but I guess you had too many questions ahead of mine.

I think we should trade Holt for what we can get for him (my guess would be at least a 3rd)freeing up 8 million plus the 1.2 million we already saved by cutting Chavous. Restructure Pace's deal and then go EARLY and HARD after Jason Brown, C, Baltimore Ravens.

IMO, this is the type of FA we should be going after: An up and coming player (unlike Matt Birk) who's young (Brown will be only 25 in May), and is working on his second contract. According to the Raven's website Brown's 6'3 320 (thirty lbs. HEAVIER then any center on our roster), posseses a great blend of quickness and power off the ball, and has started 45 of the 54 games he's played in including EVERY game the past two seasons.

This would enable us to either take Crabtree at #2 or trade down and get Maclin. As for LT we'd still have Pace and since this is a deep draft for tackles we could pick one later on.

What do you think Jim? Is this a reasonable proposition or am I just wishing on a star?

Jim Thomas: I usually don't get to even one-third of the questions that are posed. And I'm going to be on or off more quickly than usual today.
To me, there's a lot to like about Brown. For one, he does bring some much needed bulk to the center position. He's not just bigger than Romberg or Leckey, he's about 30 pounds heavier. By all accounts he's an excellent run blocker, he has the versatility to play guard, and he's an ascending player, as you mentioned. I'm all for it.

Todd from Michigan: Hi JIm and thank you.
Jim since it looks like Jordan Gross will resign with the Panthers is there any talk about Max Starks or Kahlif Barnes coming in as a 2nd option.

Jim Thomas: I think there are some at Rams Park who are intrigued by Barnes. Not sure about Starks.

Todd from Michigan: Hi Jim I was wondering if you were a Nascar fan and who your favorite driver is or was.

Jim Thomas: Not really a NASCAR fan, although I do take my 12-year-old to the local dirt track once in a while.