NFL Week 1 Preview: Picks and Fantasy Lineups
| Last Modified 9/9/2004 7:18 PM Byline: Mike Cunningham | Story Summary Football is back!  So we will give you our preview of the NFL with winners and give you our Fantasy Football Lineups! | 
 
        
      
        
        We will only pick winners here. I don't care about lines. The NFL is about victories, not point spreads. So use our picks for your amusement purposes only. Don't forget to check out Sunday night/Monday morning for our Sunday Night QB review of the Eagles-Giants game. We will have a preview of the game tomorrow!
| Week 1 NFL picks - Mike Cunningham | ||
|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | |
|  New England Patriots | Indianapolis Colts | |
| Miami Dolphins |  Tennessee Titans | |
| Washington Redskins |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
|  New York Jets | Cincinnati Bengals | |
|  Pittsburgh Steelers | Oakland Raiders | |
| New Orleans Saints |  Seattle Seahawks | |
|  St. Louis Rams | Arizona Cardinals | |
|  Houston Texans | San Diego Chargers | |
| Chicago Bears |  Detroit Lions | |
|  Buffalo Bills | Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| Cleveland Browns |  Baltimore Ravens | |
| San Francisco 49ers |  Atlanta Falcons | |
|  Minnesota Vikings | Dallas Cowboys | |
|  Philadelphia Eagles | New York Giants | |
| Denver Broncos |  Kansas City Chiefs | |
|  Carolina Panthers | Green Bay Packers | |
| MNF total: 35 | ||
Fantasy Football is Back!
Fantasy Football begins with the advent of the NFL and HammRadio has 2 teams to watch over. First, HammTastic is a team in a Free Yahoo league. Here is the roster and the starting lineup for this weekend:
| Pos | Offense | Edit | Opp | Status | Pass Yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec Yds | Rec TD | Ret TD | 2-PT | Fum Lost | Fan Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | D. McNabb (Phi - QB) | NYG | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| WR | A. Toomer (NYG - WR) | @Phi | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| WR | I. Bruce (StL - WR) | Ari | 1:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| WR | A. Lelie (Den - WR) | KC | 8:30 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| RB | P. Holmes (KC - RB)  | @Den | 8:30 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| RB | S. Davis (Car - RB)  | GB | 9:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| TE | J. Witten (Dal - TE) | @Min | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | G. Hearst (Den - RB) | KC | 8:30 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | J. McCown (Ari - QB) | @StL | 1:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | D. DriverP (GB - WR)  | @Car | 9:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | D. Givens (NE - WR)  | Ind | 9:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 
| Pos | Kickers | Edit | Opp | Status | FG 0-19 | FG 20-29 | FG 30-39 | FG 40-49 | FG 50+ | PAT Made | Fan Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | D. Akers (Phi - K) | NYG | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | J. Feely (Atl - K) | @SF | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 
| Pos | Defense Team | Edit | Opp | Status | Pts Allow | Sack | Int | Fum Rec | TD | Safe | Blk Kick | Fan Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEF | Baltimore (Bal - DEF) | @Cle | 1:00 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| BN | Minnesota (Min - DEF) | Dal | 4:15 pm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 
| ? | ? | ||
| Pos | Player | Team | Bye | 
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Peyton Manning | IND | 6 | 
| RB | Jamal Lewis | BAL | 6 | 
| RB | Curtis Martin | NYJ | 3 | 
| WR | Darrell Jackson | SEA | 4 | 
| WR | Peerless Price | ATL | 9 | 
| WR | Marty Booker | MIA | 10 | 
| K | David Akers | PHI | 5 | 
| DEF | Dallas | DAL | 4 | 
| On The Bench | ? | ? | |
| Pos | Player | Team | Bye | 
| QB | Tom Brady | NE | 3 | 
| RB | LaBrandon Toefield | JAC | 9 | 
| RB | Warrick Dunn | ATL | 9 | 
| RB | Zack Crockett | OAK | 10 | 
| RB | Kevin Faulk | NE | 3 | 
| WR | Quincy Morgan | CLE | 8 | 
| WR | Freddie Mitchell | PHI | 5 | 
| WR | Antwaan Randle El | PIT | 7 | 
| K | Jay Feely | ATL | 9 | 
ESPN.com has this Gridiron Challenge, where you get to pick a team with a 50 million dollar Salary Cap and try to have the best week. Here are my picks:
| POS | PLAYER, TEAM | NEXT | RANK | TOT | AVG | LAST | LWOPP | MARKET | LOCKED | 
| QB | Daunte Culpepper, MIN | DAL | 1 | 299 | 18.7 | 0 | -- | 6.2 | 6.2 | 
| QB | Matt Hasselbeck, SEA | @NO | 2 | 278 | 17.4 | 0 | -- | 6 | 6 | 
| RB | Priest Holmes, KC | @DEN | 1 | 398 | 24.9 | 0 | -- | 6.3 | 6.3 | 
| RB | Chris Brown, TEN | @MIA | 36 | 56 | 3.5 | 0 | -- | 5.4 | 5.4 | 
| WR | Chris Chambers, MIA | TEN | 6 | 186 | 11.6 | 0 | -- | 5.8 | 5.8 | 
| WR | Randy Moss, MIN | DAL | 0 | 294 | 18.4 | 0 | -- | 6.2 | 6.2 | 
| K | David AkersP, PHI | NYG | 0 | 156 | 9.8 | 0 | -- | 5.3 | 5.3 | 
| K | Josh Brown, SEA | @NO | 0 | 145 | 9.1 | 0 | -- | 4.5 | 4.5 | 
| D | Minnesota Vikings | DAL | 0 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | -- | 4.3 | 4.3 |