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Fantasy Football Articles - February 2004
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in February 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.
Fantasy Football Challenge - February 2004 Fantasy Football Articles
Fantasy Football Challenge - February 2004 Article Archives
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has a chance to be the third receiver in his second season.
According to Saunders, Madise is "fast and strong and gets good separation. His route running, however, is undisciplined, and he hasnt gained the confidence of Jake Plummer."
The final assessment?
"Madise needs a solid offseason to prove he knows the offense and can make catches going across the middle."','2/23/2004 11:30:38 AM','11:30:38 AM','Monday'14020,2004,1000 6562,13,75,'Roundup: Manning Tagged; Galloway, Fiedler Moving On?','As reported by Associated Press sports writer Michael Marot, the Colts designated Pro Bowl quarterback Peyton Manning their franchise player Monday, a move that will pay him $18.4 million this year unless he agrees to a long-term deal.
Team president Bill Polian said the team had filed the paperwork with the league office, thereby preventing the NFLs co-MVP from the hitting the free-agent market March 3. The date is also the deadline for teams to be under the leagues $80.5 million salary cap.
Polian said he will continue to talk with Mannings agent, Tom Condon, this week and that he hopes to work out a deal before March 1. Today is the deadline for designating franchise players.
If the Colts reach an agreement with Manning before March 17, they can remove the tag and likely lower Mannings salary cap number for the 2004 season.
NFL rules require teams to pay a "franchise" player the average of the top five players at the position or 120 percent of the players salary cap number from the previous year, whichever is higher. Manning counted more than $15 million against the teams salary cap last year.
Teams could still sign Manning to an offer sheet but the Colts would have an opportunity to match it. If Indianapolis chose not to, it would receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.
As http://fspnet.com/headlines/news_story.cfm?ID=996">mentioned previously, I still wonder why it had to come to this. And once again, Im not alone.
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