Fantasy Football Challenge - Football Fanatics Articles Archive

Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in November 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.

Fantasy Football Challenge - November 2003 Fantasy Football Articles

Fantasy Football Challenge - November 2003 Article Archives

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a loss, went on to win 10 of their final 14 games and reach the second round of the playoffs.

Now, with the Steelers 2-6 at midseason for the first time in Bill Cowhers 12 seasons as head coach, the no-huddle could be a way to jump start an offense that has scored more than 17 points only twice in seven games.

With the Steelers trailing Seattle 16-6 on Sunday, they went to the no-huddle to score twice late in the game and give themselves a chance to win. Maddox looked more comfortable than he had in weeks, going 11-of-13 for 142 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the 23-16 loss.

Maddox has labored through an up-and-down season, so he probably could be excused for lobbying Cowher to use the no-huddle more.

"I would like to do whatever its going to take for us to win a football game, if its running the ball or if its spreading it out and throwing the ball," Maddox said. "Obviously, I enjoy throwing it. Theres no secret there. In the fourth quarter, when youre throwing it like that, you can get in a little bit of a rhythm and start completing passes and start watching those guys run with the football. It was enjoyable."

Hines Ward favors anything that gets Maddox back into the groove he was in last season. Then, Maddox threw for 200 or more yards nine times in 13 games, with three games of 325 or more yards and a team-record 473 yards against Atlanta.

This season, Maddox threw for at least 240 yards in each of his first four games. But after throwing eight interceptions in four games, he was asked to cut down on his risk-taking. That strategy may have inadvertently reduced his ability to make big plays.

Before throwing for 226 yards Sunday in his second consecutive interception-free game, Maddox had passed for only 477 yards in three games.

"When we were balanced and got things going in the second half, I think Tommy became more involved and got into a flow, and the receivers, we got more involved and into a flow," Ward said. "Its all about rhythm. The second half, we were 5-for-6 on third downs. In the first

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