The Rams went defense early, as expected, but still wound up with the first receiver taken in the draft -- Donnie Avery, not Devin Thomas. And they got him in the second round.
Tim Ruskell, the Seahawks' general manager, said before the draft that he expected teams to take no more than two receivers in the first round this year. Teams took two among the top 34 picks, but none in the first round. As for Avery: He's a speedy prospect from Houston, and a fisherman.
"During last season, I went fishing every Monday to just sit back and think and relax," he told reporters in St. Louis Saturday. "I have a little girl, so I sit back with her and go to the zoo or just sit down and watch "Barney" all day."
Barney? "I'm growing to like it," he said. "I watch "Barney," "SpongeBob," "Wiggles," all of those little-kids shows. I guess you can say I'm hard on the outside, but soft on the inside."
That hard outer shell might serve him well.
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