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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surprise about the Dolphins has been and hell say its their inability to run the ball well consistently.

But Wannstedt vows thats about to change -- in a big way.

"We will lead the league in rushing the second half of the season," he said Friday. "You watch and see."

One year after boasting the NFLs second-best rushing offense, the Dolphins are ranked 15th through the first eight games of the season with 111 rushing yards per game.

Wannstedt believes the more important statistic is yards per carry, and that only paints a dimmer picture for Miami. The Dolphins are averaging 3.8 yards per attempt, 21st in the league.

"If you had asked me before the season about the offense, I would have thought the running game was going to be there," Wannstedt said. "I would have said the passing game should be better because were in the second year under [offensive coordinator] Norv [Turner], but I wouldnt have promised it was going to be great.

"I thought the running game and our defense would carry us. That the running game hasnt gotten there yet is mind-boggling."

If the Dolphins are to awaken their comatose running game, this might not be the best week to start. Sundays opponent, the Tennessee Titans, has the NFLs top-rated run defense.

The Titans are yielding 3.9 yards per attempt, 12th-best in the league.

"We have to run the ball on Sunday," Wannstedt said. "And we will."

But how will they do it?

Well, it starts with Ricky Williams, who admitted Thursday he hasnt run as hard this year as he did in 2002.

"What I did last week is I realized I wasnt running as hard as I have been running in the past," he said. "Maybe some of that is because I was getting the ball so much, I wasnt sure if I was going to make it [through the season]."

Williams reached his conclusion before Sundays loss to Indianapolis and weeks after some teammates claimed the star running back wasnt running with the same force he did in his first season with Miami, when he ran for an NFL-leading 1,853 yards.

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