Dan Lum: Which of the Rams rookies have signed already and who hasn't? any chance of holdouts for the unsighed guys/ How are the undrafted rookies going, particularly Phil Trautwein?

Jim Thomas: None of the draft picks is signed, which is par for the course. It'll be well into July before most, if not all, of them sign. As for holdouts, who knows at this point?
The Rams like Trautwein. He's had some reps with the second unit.

Ed Johnson: Dear Jim Since Chip and Lucia's intention about selling the team shortly after there mom's passing, it was mentioned on ESPN that Eddie DeBartolo was possibly interested! Any news to report of Eddie again being interested in purchasing the Rams and if so would he keep them in St. Louis?

Jim Thomas: I talked with Eddie's "people" then, who insisted he had no interest in buying the Rams. So, I doubt whether he'd be interested now.

Curt: Dear Jim,

There is one group that I believe will emerge in the very near future. A group headed by former 49ers QB Steve Young and TE Brent Jones. It has been reported a few times in the San Francisco Chronicle that Young and Jones had long-term commitments from some very, very wealthy people in L.A. The group has publically stated that they WILL buy a team. They wanted the 49ers but the Yorks won't sell. They wanted the Raiders, but Al Davis won't sell. So they've publically stated that they will find a franchise and move it to L.A. Could you imagine the Rams being owned by a group led by former 49ers?

Jim Thomas: A group of former 49ers buying the Rams and moving them back to LA ... the ultimate irony.

nudrake: GOODBYE P$L’s. The Rams are now selling season tickets to non-PSL holders. If you don’t have a PSL you pay slightly more. (Check it out on their site.) Does my PSL have any value after this?

Jim Thomas: You'll have to check with the team/ticket office on that. No idea here.

Crazy_Legs: I’m having a hard time understanding why would we put Jason Smith at RT? Last year Jake Long was drafted 1st overall and started day 1 at LT. In 2007 Joe Thomas was drafted 3rd overall and started day 1 at LT. In 2006 D'Brickashaw Ferguson was drafted 4th overall and started at LT day 1. Jason Smith was drafted 2nd overall but is projected as our RT. Skill wise is he not up to par with Long, Thomas and Ferguson? I’m a little perplexed why we would draft a guy so high who needs time to break in at another position. We haven’t had a good track record recently asking players to play out of their natural position. He’ll have to learn the RT technique this year and then have to do it all over again next season to learn the LT technique. If we were a championship caliber team with a solid LT I could see playing him at RT and Barron at LT but we’re not. We will win 6 or 7 games at best. Why not have the kid break in at LT? And what are the chances Monroe or Oher will start at LT come opening day?

Jim Thomas: It's not set in stone that Smith will be the RT. The Rams want to see how Barron does at LT first. He played there most often at Florida State, and it's commonly believed he's a better LT than RT. If he doesn't come through, then Smith moves over. But if Barron does succeed, then the Rams are set at T.