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Fantasy Football Articles - March 2004
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in March 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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in principle with free agent Brian Griese.
It marks the second time this week that Tampa Bay has bolstered its quarterback corps, with the Bucs earlier having added longtime New York Giants backup Jason Garrett to a mix that includes starter Brad Johnson and second-year veteran Chris Simms.
Griese visited with Tampa Bay executives and coaches Monday. The Bucs commence an offseason "quarterback" school next week.
Although financial details of the contract arent yet available, Pasquarelli reports that Griese will sign a three-year contract that, in essence, figures to be just a one-year deal. The structure of the contract likely will be similar to the pact Griese signed with Miami last season, in which exorbitant roster bonuses after the first year dictate the team either release the quarterback or dramatically rework the deal.
Still hoping to resurrect his career as a starter, and at a position where players often-times revive their stock late in their NFL tenure, Griese preferred a one-year arrangement. With such a deal, he will either play well enough in 2004 for the Bucs to consider keeping him, or will be released into free agency again with an opportunity to play elsewhere.
The key, of course, is for Griese to earn playing time and perform well when he is presented with an opportunity to display his wares.
A six-year veteran, Griese is expected to earn just under $1 million for 2004.
Griese, 28, was due a $5 million roster bonus this spring and was cut by the Dolphins early in the offseason to avoid paying it and to help create cap room. The former Broncos starter appeared in and started five games for Miami in 2003, completing 74 of 130 passes for 813 yards, with five touchdown passes and six interceptions.
Grieses best years were in Denver, where he started 51 games between 1999-2002. Before the 01 season, he signed a $40 million-plus contract that included a team-record $12.6 million signing bonus.
But after two seasons in which his performance slumped in part because of a
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