St. Louis Rams 2010 Running Back Preview
Steven Jackson
Doubt playing for the worst team in the the NFL and running behind
a makeshift offensive line, Steven Jackson still managed over
1,700 total yards in 2009. This ranks among the best in fantasy
football. The drawback is Jackson only scored 4 touchdowns as
a part of the lowly Ram offense.
There is hope on the horizon for Jackson and the Rams, namely
number one overall pick, quarterback Sam Bradford. While nothing
huge will be expected in his first season, rookie quarterbacks
in today's NFL have been playing pretty well as of late and anything
is better than the quarterback play for the Rams of 2009.
Where the Rams need to improve the most to see Jackson succeed
will be the play of the offensive line. The Rams are banking on
last season's second-overall-pick tackle Rodger Saffold and the
first-pick of the 2010 second-round, tackle Jason Smith, to spearhead
a new offensive line for the young Rams.
With a young QB like Bradford the Rams will lean on Jackson as
much as possible, in both the running game and the passing game
and that should result in a big year for Steven Jackson, though
touchdowns may still be hard to come by.
2009 Statistics:
1,416 Yds - 4 TD's - 51 Rec - 322 Yds - 0 TD's
2010 Projection:
1,563 Yds - 8 TD's - 59 Rec - 507 Yds - 1 TD
