If _______ steps up, we'll be awesome this year!

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Offense - Obviously Bradford. If our QB steps up and plays like an elite QB nothing can stop us.
Defense - Janoris Jenkins. If he is able to live up to his potential it will only add to the power our front 4 will have in rushing the passer and shutting down the opposing offenses.
 
QB needs to stay healthy
Guards need to remain uninjured and the rookie needs to play well
Someone needs to become a better than average safety
Those players all need to happen for us to make the playoffs
 
the entire offense...in one word.. Shotty
 
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Bradford, but I don't know if I would call it a 'step up' or a 'step back in'.

Obviously we need WRs and DBs to 'step up' since those are the weak spots.
 
I have to go Bradford. But its more about him being mentally prepared after the injury, followed closely by Jake Long. These two guys are the key to our offense this year if you ask me.
 
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Predictably, I'll go with Bradford. I've seen everything I need to see from him, but he has to put it together for the whole year including staying healthy.

But along the "whole team" line of thinking, the Rams are so young and loaded with high upside RGIII bounty players, it feels like a lot of players WILL step up just as a matter of course: Brockers, Jenkins, TruJo, Quick, Austin, Ogletree, Stacy, TJ McD. AND a bunch of the rookies really seem like they have the potential to have immediate impact: Robinson, Donald, Joyner, Mason. Langford found his stride mid-2013. Saffold found his true calling. Bailey looks poised to have a breakout year. Givens and Pettis and Cook should be improved with Bradford back. Even role players are ascending: Harkey, McLeod, Ray-Ray, Barksdale. Shockingly, BPOT Quinn is still ascending; only 23 last year, he'll be ascending for the next 3 years. And the entire D should be improved with Gregg Williams putting it together. This just feels like the first year in a very long time where we KNOW the team's identity AND that the Rams have the ability to win that way.

But the player who really has to make the difference between this being a team which is simply entertaining and competitive team versus a team that is "awesome", that has to be Bradford.
 
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PS - I didn't mention core players who have peaked... Jake Long, Chris Long, Laurinaitis, Hayes, Wells (?), Kendricks... they just need to keep doing what they do.

Jake Long needs to step up only in the sense that he's coming back from injury and we need him to be himself. That is actually pretty critical for the Rams and a major challenge for the big fella, so I don't want to make light of it.
 
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junkman said:
Predictably, I'll go with Bradford. I've seen everything I need to see from him, but he has to put it together for the whole year including staying healthy.
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It's an even numbered year coming up. Bradford plays all 16 games in those years. ;)
 
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Offense: Sam the Ram - If Sam gets the protection and remains healthy, I expect to see him performing surgery on NFL defenses on a weekly basis.

Defense: The Incredible Brock - If the Brockmeister consistently draws 2-3 blockers, he frees up his line mates for mostly easy 1-on-1 match ups.

Special Teams: Greg the Turbo Leg - Johnny Hekker has established himself as a ProBowler. It's time for his roommate to step it up, get that NFL record and come up with timely FG's in close games.
 
Greg Williams.
What Walton did to our defense last year, could have gotten us the number 1 overall pick in the draft last year, if he was allowed to continue to run our defense
 
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