Who will shine, disappoint or get injured in 2006?

	Tiki Barber has put up two straight stellar seasons even as he's getting older. John Iacono/SI

By Greg Kellogg, Special to SI.com, GridironGrumblings.com

Snap, Crackle and Pop is a weekly column that reviews the major injuries (Snap) and then projects both busts (Crackle) and sleepers (Pop) for the coming week.

Every year I produce one preseason sample of Snap, Crackle and Pop. During the season I use this column to recap the injuries from the prior week's play and to project over or under-performing players for the coming week. This week, I am going to predict injuries, busts and sleepers for the coming year.

I have dusted off my famous crystal ball to provide you with some insight for your upcoming fantasy drafts. In my picks last year:

I correctly predicted that Daunte Culpepper and Fred Taylor would go down with injuries, and that Terrell Owens would miss time (although I definitely did not see the implosion that cost him 10 games).

I also predicted that Michael Vick's up-and-down nature would hurt his fantasy value and that Muhsin Muhammad would struggle. However, I thought age and size would catch up to Tiki Barber. Silly me.

Finally, the crystal ball cracked when it came to predicting breakout players as Kevin Jones and Nate Burleson failed to live up to expectations, while Kerry Collins did finish in the top 10 but the impact of Randy Moss and LaMont Jordan was much less than I expected.

But what you really want to know is what is going to happen this year. Right? Okay so let's dust off the glass sphere and move into the predictions for 2006.

Snap 2006

Quarterbacks get killed every year. And age factors in to the ability of a player to return from injury. Kurt Warner is going to be very good when he plays but he is going to miss games. With the recent signing of Matt Leinart, the Cardinals won't hesitate to sit Warner if he goes down. And recent history suggests he will go down at some point. Warner hasn't started more than 10 games since the 2001 season. Don't expect him to do more than that this year -- his line has not improved that much.

Houston bypassed Reggie Bush, so everyone thought Domanick Davis was healthy and would be available all year. That may not be the case. As it turns out, doctors are saying Davis may never be fully healthy. "Obviously, he doesn't feel comfortable and will continue with his rehabilitation. We got a good picture of where he is right now, but there's a chance his knee may never feel like it did before the injury," said general manager Rick Smith. With the way Wali Lundy and Chris Taylor have looked, the Texans may not be in a hurry to rush Davis back from any future injuries as well.

Joe Horn has been remarkably durable for most of his career. But last year he missed three games and suffered a downturn in his statistics for the games in which he did appear. Part of that is attributable to the lousy situation the Saints found themselves in. Part of it is due to the lack of consistency on the part of his former quarterback. But at age 34, it will be harder and harder to come back from the weekly grind and Drew Brees has been known to lead his receivers into safeties from time to time. I suspect Horn will find himself on the nasty end of a major hit some time this coming season.