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Fantasy Football Articles - April 2004
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in April 2004 within the world of fantasy football. You may want to read these articles for research on players in the coming year, or just check to see if we were way off base with our reporting. Whatever the reason, it's all here for your enjoyment.
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salary, a relatively paltry sum for a third-year starting quarterback in the NFL.
The emotions that built within Maddox for months and escalated over the weekend after the Steelers drafted Roethlisberger from Miami (Ohio) with the 11th overall pick, spilled out during a Tuesday morning meeting with Cowher.
Bouchette went on to note that the meeting began at 8 a.m. in Cowhers office with the door closed and lasted about 45 minutes. It started out a little rough as Maddox expressed his views on his situation and the fact he felt he was led to believe he would receive a pay increase long ago. By the end, the coach and his quarterback parted on good terms.
Maddox then went downstairs at the Steelers headquarters for a workout.
The meeting between Cowher and Maddox eased the uncertainty about the Steelers quarterback situation. Maddox replaced Kordell Stewart as the starter four games into the 2002 season and has kept that job except for two games he missed with an injury. He had hoped to earn a boost in pay before 2003, but it never happened.
Veteran Charlie Batch re-signed as a free agent with them last year and is scheduled to make $250,000 more in base pay this season than Maddox.
The Steelers soon will begin negotiations to restructure the former XFL stars contract, but they will not have him sign it until after June 1, when they make at least one roster move -- they will release linebacker Jason Gildon -- that will create salary-cap room.
And as Bouchette suggested: "Maddoxs decision not to force his way off the Steelers roster raises a question about what becomes of Batch, who noted Saturday that with four quarterbacks on the roster, one must go."
Batch is scheduled to make a $1 million salary this season. ...
In San Francisco. ... As reported by San Jose Mercury News beat man Daniel Brown, free agent wide receiver DWayne Bates, a former Vikings starter and ex-Bear, visited
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