**NOW, the Rubber Hits the Road: Fantasy Season is HERE!
OK fantasy fanatics, the time of year we’ve all been anxiously awaiting since the NFL draft is here - the first NFL game of the season kicks off tonight. Many fantasy-relevant questions will start to be answered tonight regarding the Giants and the Redskins - here’s a quick look at some of these pressing questions:
1). Regarding the Giants’ pass attack, questions abound. Is Plaxico Burress back to 100%? Will Burress’ timing with Manning be thrown off by his extended absence during training camp? Who will emerge as the Giant’s #2 WR this year - Steve Smith, Domenik Hixon, Mario Manningham - or will Amani Toomer manage to put up one more solid season? Can Kevin Boss step into the departed Jeremy Shockey’s role and keep the TE position respectable as a weapon in the passing attack?
2). Will the Giants’ defense be able to overcome the loss of Michael Strahan to retirement and the loss of their other starting DE in the Super Bowl, Osi Umenyiora, to a pre-season knee injury? Can their defensive team still rack up sacks (and fantasy points) or will Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka fall short of Strahan and Umenyiora’s standard?
3) Regarding the Redskins’ passing attack - can Jason Campbell make the new offensive scheme work now that defenses will play their top DBs for 60 minutes each week, and the vanilla preseason defensive schemes are replaced by the “real deal” game plans? How productive will Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El be in fantasy terms - and can Chris Cooley maintain his string of seasons with 700+ yards receiving and 6+ TDs receiving (now up to 3 years in a row)? Could Cooley surpass his usual level and challenge for Antonio-Gates-like numbers during 2008?
4). Can the Redskin’s DL recover from their rash of injuries, and how well will “Dancing with the Stars” Jason Taylor perform (once his knee is back to 100%)? Can the Redskins’ DT produce enough big plays to outperform their consensus #19 ranking by the Footballguys.com panel of experts?
As you can see, there is a lot of reasons to watch the game tonight - of course, I’ll find good reasons to watch as many NFL games as humanly possible this year, and I bet that you will too!
Enjoy the season, friends!
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