What to look for- Week ONE

Remember when you were a kid and Christmas was approaching? Remember Christmas Eve as a kid? It seemed like it lasted FOREVER! When I was kid it was always our family tradition to open presents on Christmas morning.

After a couple of years of this (and hours of begging) my brother and I convinced my mother to let us open one present on Christmas Eve.....just one. This was to get us warmed up, and get us through the night.

The NFL has followed the pattern of my mama...they are giving us just a taste to get us through till actual opening day. This taste comes...TOMORROW!

All the preparation, all the drafting, all the reading, lineup submitting, lineup REsubmitting....it all starts to payoff (or not) tomorrow!
That said here are some things to look for in week one of the NFL.

Right or Wrong we will revisit these facts after the fact!

Week ONE-
MIA @ PIT
Week 1. Game 1. Our taste.
Look for C-pep to look more like the QB of old.
Look for Ronnie Brown to hit a snag on his quest to be a top 5 RB...thus..
Look for Willie Parker to out-produce Brown.
Look for Hines Ward to play, but not break 70 yards or a TD.

BAL @ TB
Look for McNair to Mason all day long.
Look for Jamal Lewis to look like the Jamal Lewis we have seen over the past couple of years.
Look for Joey Galloway NOT to pick up where he left off last season.
Look for Cadillac to worry his fantasy owners.

ATL @ CAR
Look for Michael Vick to be a better Madden QB than NFL QB.
Look for Dunn's owners to not miss TJ Duckett....at all.
Look for DeShaun Foster to hurt.......something.
Look for Steve Smith's hammy to hinder his production.

BUF @ NE
Look for Losman to stay undrafted in ALL fantasy football leagues.
Look for Willis McGahee to struggle.
Look for Brady to miss Branch.....no.....nevermind.
Look for Dillon or Moroney...or both...to have big games.

CIN @ KC
Look for fantasy owners who passed on Palmer (before his GB game) to kick themselves...hard.
Look for Chad Johnson to out perform Housyourmama.
Look for Larry Johnson to come back to earth.....next week.
Look for the KC WRs to do next to nothing....now that's going out on a limb.

DEN @ STL
Look for Denver to light up the scoreboard like a Christmas tree.
Look for Javon Walker to put up the biggest WR #s on the field.....except for Holt.
Look for Stephen Jackson to start off 2006 really slow.
Look for Kevin Curtis to outperform all but 2 WRs on the field.

NO @ CLE
Look for Brees' shoulder to be fine.
Look for both NO RBs to have good games.
Look for Droughns to have a rough day at the office.
Look for Winslow Jr. to not hurt himself......maybe.

NYJ @ TEN
Look for a NY QB or a TEN RB to get hurt.
Look for Blaylock to have a decent game thus getting picked up off the waiver-wire before some dumb fantasy owner realizes that this game was against the Titans.
Look for Collins to start, and Volek to pout.
Look for Brown to be the 2nd best RB on his team.

PHI @ HOU
Look for McNabb to be back to form. (Because I drafted him in my keeper league....Turf Burger....see link on right)
Look for Westbrook's foot to cause him trouble. (Because I drafted him in my work league)
Look for the 3-headed monster that is the Texans RB committee.
Look for Mario Williams to get less rushing yards than Reggie Bush.

SEA @ DET
Look for Alexander to run all day long.
Look for Burleson to be at least the 2nd best SEA WR this week.
Look for Kitna to throw two TDs.
Look for Kevin Jones to continue to be Kevin Jones.

CHI @ GB
Look for Grossman to do nothing to help his case in the CHI QB controversy.
Look for Jones to run like a mad man.
Look for Favre to hate his decision to return already.
Look for Driver to be the only fantasy worthy player on the team.

DAL @ JAX
Look for TO to be forgiven for all his preseason drama with a big game.
Look for Vanderjagt to be drunk on the side-lines.
Look for Taylor to have a good game this week, and a broken leg the next.
Look for Wilford to out-perform the much hyped Matt Jones.

SF @ ARI
Look for Alex Smith to struggle.......some more.
Look for Frank Gore to get it done.....while it's close.
Look for Warner to Boldin and Fitzgerald....and ARI to score a league high.
Look for Edge to have a great game as well, just to struggle next week against SEA.

IND @ NYG
Look for Manning to win.
Look for this game to not be as close as most would lead us to believe....there's a reason Peyton sells me cell phones and sports drink.
Look for Manning to lose.
Look for Tiki to start showing his age.

MIN @ WAS
Look for Brad Johnson to be outperformed by Brunell.
Look for a busy day for Longwell.
Look for Portis.....on the side-line.
Look for WAS WRs to make Brunell look draftable....but don't do it.

SD @ OAK
Look for LT2 to get it done, but....
Look for LT2, Gates and the entire San Diego area to miss Brees.
Look for Brooks to Moss for a couple of scores.
Look for Janikowski to be fat......and maybe hung over.


Well there's week one.
Pretty ambitious I know.......but one thing I know for sure:
Look for chips, dip, a 64oz Diet Coke and a comfortable chair....IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON!

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