The Rams’ offense wasn’t the team’s biggest issue last season, though it certainly took a step back from the 2018 campaign. Jared Goff struggled behind a porous offensive line and Todd Gurley looked nothing like the player he was the previous two seasons.
The Rams still finished top 11 in scoring and yards, but the offense wasn’t as consistently explosive as it was in Sean McVay’s first two years.
There are a lot of important pieces on that side of the ball, including some newcomers by way of the draft, but these six players must step up in 2020.
QB Jared Goff
Goff is arguably the most important player on the Rams’ roster heading into 2020. If he struggles like he did last year, Los Angeles will miss the playoffs again. He doesn’t have to go out and throw for 5,000 yards with 35 touchdowns, but he can’t make the same mistakes and show the same inaccuracy that he did in 2019.
He was an MVP candidate in the first half of 2018 and looked like one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL behind an elite offensive line. The Rams probably won’t get that sort of play out of their O-line again in 2020, which means Goff really has to step up and succeed despite being pressured often.
If not, the defense will be working with short fields and the entire offense will have trouble sustaining drives. A lot of the season rides on Goff’s shoulders, as do most teams’ hopes with their quarterback.