[MauiRam]

Good topic!! Quite a few Ram fans seem to have reservations about selecting a DT in round one because of prior failures. Whatever happened to the old adage: "if at first you don't succeed -- try again!" The fact is that no matter how much studying of a prospect occurs by scouts, personnel people and such, it is still a roll of the dice. The only sure thing when selecting a player in round one is that he will be expensive. Everyone seems to agree that Calvin Johnson appears to be the most talented player in this year's draft, but there is no guarantee that he will become the next Jerry Rice. I personally enjoy attempting to second guess the "experts" and by those I mean the people actually doing the drafting, as opposed to the NFL Insider types. So who will the Rams take in round one? This year I haven't a clue ... Do they see a sure-fire player that they just can't pass on if he is there at #13? Will they draft purely out of need or BPA? I have to trust that the Rams staff will have done their homework and will "hit it big" on a few of their selections. After all I am only a fan without any "insider info" ... I hope the Rams do think enough of Okoye, Branch or Carriker to select one of them because of our glaring needs on the D-line, but if they pick someone else instead -- even if it is an offensive player I won't go bananas. They will still have six more rounds to address those needs. Even (God forbid) if we do select another D-lineman in round 1 that bombs out, it shouldn't preclude us from trying again next year until we hit the mother lode. After all, at this point the law of averages is on our side ...