Rams eyeing three picks at No. 2 in draft

ST. LOUIS — No. 2 is the new No. 1 in the NFL draft, now that the Miami Dolphins have signed Jake Long. That doesn't mean the mind games and the misdirection are over for the St. Louis Rams.

The team refused to tip its hand Thursday beyond acknowledging interest in taking Louisiana State defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, Virginia defensive end Chris Long or Ohio State defensive end Vernon Gholston with the second pick of Saturday's draft.

After the Dolphins locked up Jake Long earlier this week, Rams coach Scott Linehan joked about needing a three-sided coin to flip.

"If there was a gap between one guy and the other two, he would have been eliminated already," said Billy Devaney, St. Louis vice president of player personnel. "That's why all three are right there clumped together."

Both Devaney and Linehan said the Rams weren't actively seeking to trade down with the first of their nine picks.

"It sounds like a broken record, but any of those three guys that we've been kind of zeroing in on, we would be thrilled," Devaney said.

The Rams didn't seem to mind the NFL ruling not to allow them to begin negotiations with a prospective pick.

"We haven't figured out which way we're going yet," Devaney said.

Goodell talks Spygate

NEW YORK — Roger Goodell is fully prepared to crack down again on the New England Patriots if his meeting with Matt Walsh uncovers a tape made of the Rams' final walk-through practice before the 2002 Super Bowl.

"Taping a walk-through is much different from what I punished them for," the commissioner said Thursday at a meeting of a group representing the Associated Press Sports Editors.

The commissioner said he has no idea what Walsh, who spent six years as a New England employee, has to offer than what the league already knows: Belichick had been taping defensive signals since first becoming Patriots coach in 2000. He noted, however, that the league had spoken to 50 people in connection with the case and that Walsh was the only one who asked for legal protection.

On other matters, Goodell said:

• He gave no guarantees to owner Jerry Jones or anyone from Dallas that he will reinstate Adam "Pacman" Jones, whom the Cowboys obtained in a trade with Tennessee on Wednesday.

• He met this week with his players council and discussed the proposal that would require players' hair that reaches below their name tag being tucked under the helmet. "It would have to be done in a way that would respect the uniform code and also respect players' rights," he said.

• The NFL is considering moving the draft from New York to other cities. Its contract with Radio City Music Hall, where it will be held this weekend, is in its last year.

Notes

• Denver acquired DT Dewayne Robertson from the New York Jets for a conditional pick in the 2009 draft. Robertson was the fourth overall pick in the 2003 draft.

• San Francisco OL David Baas probably will be out until the regular season after tearing his right pectoral muscle.