Tonight it's Dallas at the Redskins. Both teams are led by elite coaches trying to restore some former glory to their respective teams. Both teams have one and one records. The spread is 1.5 points, with Washington as the favorite. It sounds like a close one, but i need only one reason to pick Washington to cover the spread: Vinnie Testaverde sucks.

Update: Testaverde still sucks. Defense won that game. Like Dallas, i'm now 2 and 1 on Monday night. In Fantasy Football, DFMoore kicked my butt on the strength of Peyton Manning's performance Sunday, and i've now fallen to 2 and 1.

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Quickly, tonights game, Vikings at Eagles, McNabb and Owens vs. Culpepper and Moss, blah blah blah. The difference for me is Westbrook over Onterrio Smith, though the Vikings might have a better run defense. Spread is Eagles minus three. i think the Eagles will cover, go with Philly.

Update: Eagles over Minnesota, 27-16. Moss and Owens were roughly even in effectiveness. But Brian Westbrook rushed for 69 yards and caught for 69, including several big plays. Whereas Onterrio Smith only had 28 yards rushing.

Go ahead and say it: i fucking rock!

Update 2: Oops, i just checked out this weeks results for the Blogger's Bowl fantasy football league. My opponent this week is Victor's Rats of Chaos (what is it with that boy and rats?), and while i currently lead him by a hefty margin, Yahoo has not yet updated the stats and he has four Philly players on his team. He's predicting an additional 60 points based on McNabb and company's performance tonight.

As Charlie Brown would say: "Rats!"

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Yes, it's that time of year again. annika's Monday Night Football Picks is back in da house.

Tonight, Carolina hosts the Packers, and Carolina is favored by three points, according to ESPN.com.

Tough pick, but i gotta go with Green Bay. Favre is getting slower, but he's not done yet. And Ahman Green is simply awesome. Spot these guys three points and i'm going to take that bet.

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As you may know, i am participating in Blogger Bowl 2004, a Yahoo! Fantasy Football league started by Nick at Patriot Paradox. My team's first game is a big one, this weekend against Ted of Rocket Jones and his Rockets.

i'm gonna beat Ted like a drum. Like me, he's a Raider fan, and his wide receiver corps is heavy on the Raiders. He's got Jerry Rice and Jerry Porter, to go along with St. Louis' #2 option, Isaac Bruce. Now i love the Raiders, and Rice may be my favorite player ever, but i think my receivers, Marvin Harrison, Chad Johnson and Justin McCareins are gonna lead annika's journal to an easy victory this week.

Here's my team:

• Quarterback - Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle Seahawks


• Wide Receiver - Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis Colts


• Wide Receiver - Chad Johnson, Cincinnati Bengals


• Wide Receiver - Justin McCareins, New York Jets


• Running Back - Clinton Portis, Washington Redskins


• Running Back - Chris Brown, Tennessee Titans


• Tight End - Kellen Winslow, Cleveland Browns


• Kicker - Matt Stover, Baltimore Ravens


• Team Defense - Philadelphia Eagles

i had originally drafted the future hall of famer, Morten Anderson of Kansas City. Not only is he one of the greatest kickers of all time, but we were both born in Copenhagen, so i had to have him on my team. Now i find out that KC cut him on Friday, so i had to scramble to find a replacement! i can't believe they cut him. Sure he's 44, but he was still effective, i thought. Now, if Stover gets hurt i'm in trouble at kicker.

It would be nice if i could post a link to the league like i did with my baseball team, so you all could watch our progress. But i tested the link and apparently Yahoo! won't let you look at it unless you're a member of that league, for some dumb reason.

Anyways, season starts for real on Thursday and i can't wait.

Hey Ted: "We want the ball and we're going to score!" Ha ha! : )

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1 How many teams are in your league? Its difficult to assess your team without knowing the size of the league, although, Marvin Harrison and Clinton Portis would be stars on any team. I loved it when Hassleback said that line in Green Bay.

Posted by: gcotharn at September 06, 2004 10:15 PM (PcgQk)

2 ten teams

Posted by: annika! at September 06, 2004 11:01 PM (8hdHW)

3 Annika, Why don't they just give you the league title right now! You have made great choices. Ted is TOAST! Seriously, you HAVE made good choices. Let us know how you do. Also, why do you have to be a lawyer? I'm with Shakespere, "First,let's kill all the lawyers." Not you, of course. But come'on, one of the biggest problems with our society is the overabundance of lawyers. Enough of my rant. Much love, Steve

Posted by: Steve Edge at September 07, 2004 12:37 AM (qv+uf)

4 Very strong team Annika. I think you'll be pleased with Chris Brown as well.

Posted by: Kurt at September 07, 2004 11:01 AM (/7AX2)

5 With Eddie George (who i also drafted) out of the picture, i too expect a big year for Chris Brown.

Posted by: annika! at September 07, 2004 11:34 AM (zAOEU)

6 Is that this weekend? Gee, I was looking forward to week 2. You know, the *real* start of my season.

Posted by: Ted at September 07, 2004 01:15 PM (ZjSa7)

7 Minnesota picked up Anderson today, so you can still have him. Also, call me a geek if you like, but typically receivers that switch teams in the off-season don't do well the following year. So good luck with McCareins.....hopefully for your sake, you'll be able to tell me how wrong I was after you win the league.

Posted by: Budly at September 07, 2004 02:58 PM (lkxZc)

8 Just another reason to love her... She drafted a Buckeye!!! I took him too. It's a do or die year for Eddie, and I think he'll do.

Posted by: Casca at September 07, 2004 04:46 PM (q+PSF)

9 i re-signed Anderson today. In a domed stadium, and with Minnesota's offense, he'll be awesome.

Posted by: annika! at September 08, 2004 09:17 AM (zAOEU)

10 your all shit!!! ameircan football sucks, englsih football rules, i mean if you type football in on google images all you get is english football so fuck off ameircan football, the only football is football!!!!

Posted by: lol at June 01, 2005 08:45 AM (F1nba)

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