Slowly for renewed Bradshaw
Brisbane Lions forward Daniel Bradshaw is not getting carried away despite his big start to the season
After 10 rounds, Bradshaw has 43 goals to sit second in the Coleman Medal race behind Hawthorn's Lance Franklin (50).
On track to eclipse both his own personal best season tally (59) and Alastair Lynch's club record of 78 in a season, the magical century is not out of range on his current pace.
But don't tell Bradshaw that.
Overcoming a right knee injury that required a total reconstruction, the 29-year-old approached 2008 with simple goals.
"I came into the season with not too high expectations on myself," he said.
"I just wanted to get back and play footy again and enjoy myself so that's probably been the biggest thing, I'm not really going out there putting too much pressure on myself."
While admitting his surprise at how well he's returned, Bradshaw is keeping things in perspective.
"I know it's an old cliché but I just want to take it one week at a time and just not look too far ahead," he said.
"Anything can happen, like last year, you can get injured and miss a whole season so I'm not one for looking too far ahead."
With successive bags of six in the past two rounds, Bradshaw has kicked less than three goals just twice this season.
The other half of the Lions' two-pronged forward line, co-captain Jonathan Brown, has also been on fire in recent weeks with 12 goals in a fortnight and 33 for the season.
Bradshaw said the two had learnt to complement each other.
"Browny is very good at organising the forward line and working the space so we don't bump into each other too often," he said.
"It's going to happen a couple of times a game, but as long as it doesn't happen every time it comes in there.
"I normally start a bit behind Browny, so I tend to see where he's going to lead first and try and lead to the space on the other side of the ground so we're one-out most of the time.
"We're both getting our fair share and we've just got to make sure we make the most of the opportunities we get from the players upfield doing the hard work."
Bradshaw said he was ready to take on extra responsibility if Brown did not recover from his leg injury in time for Sunday's clash with Fremantle at the Gabba.
"We've got the players that can come in, they won't be a Jonathan Brown, but they'll do the job and play their role and hopefully we can get a win," he said.
"Freo haven't been playing that bad. They've lost nine games, but I think on average their losing margin is only 18 points so they've been really competitive and the last five weeks they've been in front at three-quarter-time."