Bocephus: The Rams have talked about moving Jacob Bell to RT. Do you think that will work? And who would take his Guard spot?

Jim Thomas: Jacob Bell was at guard during the April minicamp. Now that Smith has been drafted, I expect him to stay at guard.

RamErforlife: Jim,

I thought Devaney could have obtained more picks in this draft. And what about some reports the Jets offered Rams 2010 First round pick, 17th pick in 1st round 2009, 2nd round pick 2009, and some other consideration and the Rams rejected it. If the Jets would have given us 2010 1st round pick, 17th pick in 1st round 2009, 2nd round pick 2009, later round pick in 2009 we should have taken that deal, because we could have gotten Oher at 17 and still have gotten Laurinitis in 2nd plus impact WR or LB/DT.

Devany has got to roll the dice sometimes and not be so conservative. He drafts like he is afraid to lose his job, just my opinion. Also, why didn't Devaney trade down in rounds 3 and 4 to acquire at least two additional picks so that we could draft additional LB and DL. There were still some good developmental players available in rounds 4-7. We could have gotten Fletcher and Scott later in rounds 3 and 4. The 49ers and Seahawks just did better in acquiring additional picks and future picks than we did. I thought Devaney was a deal maker on draft day but he just came off as to conservative. I am concerned that Devaney values finding the "hidden gem" in later rounds and undrafted free agents than stock piling value picks in rounds 2-4 for future drafts like Patriots and Eagles. The 49ers and Seahawks will both have 2 1st round picks in 2010 draft which is suppose to be loaded with talent especially the QB position. I guarantee you that SF and Seattle are targeting their future franchise QB and the Rams should be doing the same.

Jim Thomas: I'll just say 2 things:
1.) This is only the third time in 15 "St. Louis" Rams drafts that the Rams didn't have a trade on draft weekend. (The other two years being '02 and '03).
2.) When it came to trading up, the Rams had no ammo _ with no extra draft picks and a very thin roster.

Brian81277: Any talk of Dane Looker being resigned?

Jim Thomas: Exchanged e-mails with his agent yesterday. They've yet to hear from the Rams. And I also hear that Looker's jersey number has been assigned to another player for this weekend's minicamp. Not a good sign.

With that I've got to go. Take care.