Los Angeles Rams Breakout Candidates – Veterans

Despite the late glimpses of Brycen Hopkins and Kendall Blanton we saw during the Super Bowl run, Higbee will lead the tight end room in targets so long as he’s healthy. Is a career-best receiving line of 70-800-6 feasible over the course of a 17-game schedule with Stafford at the controls? For sure.

Flipping to the defense, A’Shawn Robinson was phenomenal in 2021, and was particularly unsung (though not in this space) during the playoffs. Without Sebastian Joseph-Day, the Rams are counting on Robinson to carry that momentum forward. Still just 27 years of age, the former Top-50 pick would be a good bet to breakout. Like Havenstein, he’s on the verge of free agency, as well.

And rounding out this category is Floyd, who very well could have been placed in the “unfair to expect more” group. After all, his two best years as a pro have been his two most recent with the Rams. 24 sacks across those seasons, including playoffs; a durable force in the run game; a well-deserved contract extension. Los Angeles has been great to Floyd, and vice versa. It will be interesting to see what the Rams can generate on the opposite edge in 2022. For Floyd to continue to thrive, offenses must be discouraged from shifting protections his way (thankfully, Donald still exists).