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I know media circles and fan forums would put Bradford at the top of the list for our team. Definitions of "X-Factor" may vary, but my interpretation is a player or unit that who's varying performance will make or break a game. I emphasize "varying performance." Consistent players who play at a high level are not X-Factors, they are "Keys" or "Staples" to a teams's success. Manning, AP, Rogers, and Watt are all staples of their teams due to consistency. Some X-Factors are guys like D. Jackson, Devin Hester, Bears defense scoring points, due to the varying nature of their performances.
Here's the bottom line on Bradford, you can rarely pin a game on him for its negative outcome. He is a very consistent performer. He is a developed player and is ready to take to take the next step in his career. Bradford is the "Key" to our team, a staple.
The X-Factor of our team this year has to be Tavon Austin or WR'ing group as a whole. This is what will make us or break us going forward.
(This is a big jump from last year. We didn't even have enough peices to categorize any part of the offense as "X-Factors" because we had way too many "?'s." The OL was make shift from the start, we didn't really know what we had in our young WR's, and our there was very little seperation in our RB's. Manu of these questions have adimently been solved, amazingly.
We know our starters on the OL (very stout unit for the first time in forever), a proven RB in Stacy, and and Bradford is dam good (Every team needs their franchise QB healthy, that's a given)).
Being I am sold on our QB, OL, running game, and, defense as a whole (all staples... wow), the performance of our WR's has the biggest impact to make us. In fact if we didn't have Tavon Austin then this unit as as a whole would be a straight up weakness. Fact of the matter is we do have all the components to dominate through the air. Tavon is a load by himself despite being limited by our the scheme last year. We have outside threats that can harass defenses. Givens showed it his rookie year, Quick should be primed to turn his head, and Bailey looked the best out of the three late in the year. I'm throwing Cook in the mix, too.
Teams will target our running game first and foremost, pure and simple. It's the perfect storm of opportunity for guys like Tavon and Givens to gash defenses on a more consistent basis. They are the straws that will snap the camel's back, and defenses will soon feel that pain.
It's all ahead of us, the glory days are back. This is our year.
Here's the bottom line on Bradford, you can rarely pin a game on him for its negative outcome. He is a very consistent performer. He is a developed player and is ready to take to take the next step in his career. Bradford is the "Key" to our team, a staple.
The X-Factor of our team this year has to be Tavon Austin or WR'ing group as a whole. This is what will make us or break us going forward.
(This is a big jump from last year. We didn't even have enough peices to categorize any part of the offense as "X-Factors" because we had way too many "?'s." The OL was make shift from the start, we didn't really know what we had in our young WR's, and our there was very little seperation in our RB's. Manu of these questions have adimently been solved, amazingly.
We know our starters on the OL (very stout unit for the first time in forever), a proven RB in Stacy, and and Bradford is dam good (Every team needs their franchise QB healthy, that's a given)).
Being I am sold on our QB, OL, running game, and, defense as a whole (all staples... wow), the performance of our WR's has the biggest impact to make us. In fact if we didn't have Tavon Austin then this unit as as a whole would be a straight up weakness. Fact of the matter is we do have all the components to dominate through the air. Tavon is a load by himself despite being limited by our the scheme last year. We have outside threats that can harass defenses. Givens showed it his rookie year, Quick should be primed to turn his head, and Bailey looked the best out of the three late in the year. I'm throwing Cook in the mix, too.
Teams will target our running game first and foremost, pure and simple. It's the perfect storm of opportunity for guys like Tavon and Givens to gash defenses on a more consistent basis. They are the straws that will snap the camel's back, and defenses will soon feel that pain.
It's all ahead of us, the glory days are back. This is our year.
