Going into last season, the Rams backfield was an open competition after the departure of long-time anchor Steven Jackson. Coming out of camp, there wasn’t a clear winner, but as the season went on the Rams found a workhorse back who comes into this season as a fringe RB1.
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The Rams like to run the ball under head coach Jeff Fisher and look to build around their defense and ground attack in a tough NFC West. The Rams lost a valuable piece of their backfield with the season-ending injury to Isaiah Pead, but it does create some interesting potential with Tre Mason and Benny Cunningham as late-round sleepers.
Here is the RB Rundown on the Rams backfield with a quick fantasy forecast for the 2014 season. The rankings indicate where they rank in my top 80 which came out last week and which will be updated later this week.
This post is part of a series detailing the backfield situation for each NFL team from a fantasy football perspective. Check out my top 80 rankings and click here for the full series.