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Fantasy Football Articles - December 2003
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in December 2003 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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worked as the starter opposite Randy Moss in Bates absence.
Bates has only seven catches this season and has been inactive in six games and played only one series in a seventh while battling foot and hamstring injuries.
Nonetheless, Tice believes the offense needs his experience back in the lineup for the shorter passes that are open when Moss is running deep routes.
The 192-pound Burleson is fourth on the team with 23 receptions. The Vikings third-round draft pick has started eight of the 12 games and has 374 receiving yards.
"We love Nate," Tice told the Seattle Times. "Nates a good kid, hes smart, he can play all the [receiver] positions for us. Hes a very good blocker as well."
But the coach added that Burleson needs to improve his route-running. ...
Other notes of interest. ...
Moss needs three catches to move past Steve Jordan into second place in Vikings history. Moss has 496 catches. Jordan had 498. The Vikings career leader is Cris Carter, who had 1,004. Moss has caught a pass in 92 consecutive games, ranking third in team history. Anthony Carter is second at 105. Cris Carter leads with 111. ...
According to the Sporting News, the Vikings released receiver/returner Nick Davis. He was the second unproductive skill position player released in two weeks (Doug Chapman was the other). ...
According to the Sports XChange, Tice called his team out publicly on Monday for the first time, saying they lacked "mental toughness." He also said he will pull players out of future games immediately after they commit "dumb" penalties and mistakes.
The Vikings, who are the second-most penalized team in the league with 102, had 11 penalties in last Sundays loss at St. Louis. Tice said seven of them, including six false starts, were "dumb" penalties.
"It is surprising to me based on the training camp that we put in that we are lacking mental toughness," Tice said. "I think when stuff goes wrong with us
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