Aside from the rookies and Carson Palmer, who I'm sure we all plan to be paying extra attention to, who are you excited to see get on the field this preseason/season?
I've been going through a lot of highlight reels getting myself excited for this coming season. Watching em, I came across a few players that had breakout years, or looked like they could this year and I'm excited to see what they do.
Andre Roberts was our most popular WR on the 2012 highlights, he had a great year last year. I thought he was a waste of roster space until last year when he completely changed my mind. I'm not sure what happened, but he really elevated his game. Everything about his game improved and I am excited to see him with a consistent QB
Rashad Johnson. Another one that I thought really grew last year. He wasn't in as much of the highlights as the legend he's replacing, but that's the life of AW's replacement.
Michael Floyd. Another WR I'd like to see have a shot with a real QB. He had high expectations, but a WR can only do so much when he barely plays and every week it's a new guy taking snaps. He was a big name coming out of college, but didn't do much last year. But when Larry Fitzgerald only gets about 800 yards, there's too many problems getting the ball to receivers
Levi Brown. Now that he's not playing for a contract and coming off his first major injury, I'm curious how he comes out. Is he the guy we last saw at the end of '11? Or is he the turnstyle we saw the rest of his career?
Ryan Williams. I had very high hopes for the kid when we took him, and he looked like he wouldn't disappoint that preseason. Then he missed a season with a very uncommon injury. So I had hoped he would recover and impress year 2. Nope. Another freak injury putting him out for the season. But not before raising fumble concerns. I think this season is his last shot at starting here, and probably for playing here in general. Another big injury and he's gone. Fumble problems and he either drops on down the depth chart, or he's gone. I hope to see him come out with something to prove and finally play like I hoped in year 1
Acho and Schofield. Lumped em together because they're the same exact reasons. They've both shown brief glimpses of great potential. But they've both looked like they didn't belong on the field other times. With the addition of Okafor, I expect them to play harder to compete for their jobs. Would be awesome to see them step it up and Okafor be an immediate impact as well. Rotating 3 good pass rushers would be an awesome position to be in. Keep em fresher and faster. Would be a great benefit. Also, I think if they don't do something this year, we replace one with Okafor and spend a decently high pick to replace the other in 2014. So I hope to see them play every down like it's the most important moment of their lives
I've been going through a lot of highlight reels getting myself excited for this coming season. Watching em, I came across a few players that had breakout years, or looked like they could this year and I'm excited to see what they do.
Andre Roberts was our most popular WR on the 2012 highlights, he had a great year last year. I thought he was a waste of roster space until last year when he completely changed my mind. I'm not sure what happened, but he really elevated his game. Everything about his game improved and I am excited to see him with a consistent QB
Rashad Johnson. Another one that I thought really grew last year. He wasn't in as much of the highlights as the legend he's replacing, but that's the life of AW's replacement.
Michael Floyd. Another WR I'd like to see have a shot with a real QB. He had high expectations, but a WR can only do so much when he barely plays and every week it's a new guy taking snaps. He was a big name coming out of college, but didn't do much last year. But when Larry Fitzgerald only gets about 800 yards, there's too many problems getting the ball to receivers
Levi Brown. Now that he's not playing for a contract and coming off his first major injury, I'm curious how he comes out. Is he the guy we last saw at the end of '11? Or is he the turnstyle we saw the rest of his career?
Ryan Williams. I had very high hopes for the kid when we took him, and he looked like he wouldn't disappoint that preseason. Then he missed a season with a very uncommon injury. So I had hoped he would recover and impress year 2. Nope. Another freak injury putting him out for the season. But not before raising fumble concerns. I think this season is his last shot at starting here, and probably for playing here in general. Another big injury and he's gone. Fumble problems and he either drops on down the depth chart, or he's gone. I hope to see him come out with something to prove and finally play like I hoped in year 1
Acho and Schofield. Lumped em together because they're the same exact reasons. They've both shown brief glimpses of great potential. But they've both looked like they didn't belong on the field other times. With the addition of Okafor, I expect them to play harder to compete for their jobs. Would be awesome to see them step it up and Okafor be an immediate impact as well. Rotating 3 good pass rushers would be an awesome position to be in. Keep em fresher and faster. Would be a great benefit. Also, I think if they don't do something this year, we replace one with Okafor and spend a decently high pick to replace the other in 2014. So I hope to see them play every down like it's the most important moment of their lives
