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Fantasy Football Articles - October 2003
Enclosed in this archive is every bit of the action and updates that occurred in October 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 - October 2003 Fantasy Football Articles
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as selfish because he wanted the ball more. Ward, tied for the NFL lead with 33 receptions, caught the only two passes thrown his way against the Browns.
Ward said his talk wasn''t about him but about the team.
Told some teammates might have taken it the wrong way, he said: "If they did, I apologize, but wasn''t nobody else saying that. We were just sitting in there, everybody''s head was down, feeling bad. There''s still a lot of games left, I just wanted to let everybody know with 11 games left there has to be a sense of urgency going out there and not having too many mistakes; there''s just too many of them. All the games we lost, we lost because of mistakes. It wasn''t because we got outphysicaled or outplayed, it was all because of mistakes and that''s frustrating. We''re grown adults here, this is part of our job. Whatever you have to do at home, put in extra time and study, then so be it."
Some who heard Ward''s speech thought it was a good one.
"I felt it was a very positive meeting," said tight end Mark Bruener.
Said guard Alan Faneca, "Sometimes it''s good when somebody says something, but we all know what we have to do, we have to start playing better."
Faneca expressed surprise that Gildon had an issue with Ward''s talk.
"How does Jason Gildon know?" Faneca asked. "Oh, he heard some things. Oh, well, maybe I wasn''t paying attention close enough, I missed something.
Faneca said Ward spoke in generalities and didn''t call anybody out.
Ward said he also wanted to make sure his teammates did not misunderstand what he did at the end of Sunday night''s game. He said with about 30 seconds to play, while Cleveland ran the clock out, he left the sideline and headed to the locker room, and the TV cameras caught it.
"I didn''t want to let my teammates think I was a selfish guy," Ward said. "Just walking off the field with 30 seconds left, it was just me disappointed in ourselves. I saw these guys work hard all of training camp and come out in the Baltimore game and executed the game plan the way we were supposed
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