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What to watch for in Week 1

The months of speculation are finally over; it’s time for real, live football. Can’t wait to get things going.

There are a million fantasy related questions out there, but here are five I’m looking forward to getting answered over the next two days:

1. Which receiver will get the most targets on the Dolphins? The logical answer is Ted Ginn Jr., but Chad Pennington barely looked his way in the preseason. Will Davone Bess fulfill his PPR hype? Is Greg Camarillo fully recovered from his knee surgery? Is rookie Brian Hartline really in the mix, or was that just a mirage? The target report after the Falcons game should be very interesting.

2. Will Ray Rice be a true feature back? A home game against the Chiefs will be a good spot to kick the tires on the running game over and over again. Willis McGahee will rotate in, but just how much? Who will get the goal-line carries?

3. Will Martellus Bennett or Jermichael Finley get enough snaps to be roster-able? Both young tight ends were the talk of the preseason, but neither will start tomorrow. Dallas talked about using lots of two-tight end sets, but will they? Will Finley take over for Donald Lee in passing situations?

4. Are Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco back to their old ways? This one may get an incomplete answer as the Bengals should have no trouble moving the ball against the Broncos regardless. But it will be interesting to see if Chad and Carson can find the rhythm that made the duo one of the most potent in the league just a couple short years ago.

5. Will LaDainian Tomlinson regain his dominant form? Or he is simply another back that has hit the wall and is now donezo? This summer, Norv Turner said LT2 would compete for the rushing title again. He can’t do that with a bum toe and declining explosiveness. The first three games should say a lot about if last year’s decline was an aberration or the end of his career.

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will roy williams make everyone forget T.O.?

Not a chance. I'm a Cowboys fan, but I'm expecting him to be a solid, move the chains type guy. I think rotoworld has his expectations right on.

10 tuds?

1) Davone Bess
2) Yes
3) Not yet. Donald Lee and Jason Witten still there.
4) Not really.
5) No.

First you guys say that Ray Rice is a RB2 because he was in a goal line package for 1 preseason series, now you say that McGahee is "obviously their goal line back"? McGahee got 4 of their 8 goal line carries. Rice got 2 and McClain got 2. That does not make McGahee their obvious goal line back.

The truth is that Rice is in a committee and a RB3. Don't get excited about Rice's Week 1 yardage. McFadden got 160 yards rushing against the Chiefs last year and couldn't break 50 against anyone else.

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