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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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for the backup slot with rookie seventh-round draft pick Gibran Hamdan during practice this week.
"Were going to let Tim be the second guy," Spurrier said. "He can call our snap count and hes very comfortable with all the runs. If he has to play, well have a package of plays that he knows.
"Gibran has done all right, but Tim -- even though hes only played some pre-season games in the NFL -- has a little bit more experience and seems to have more of an overall veteran feel to him."
Hasselbeck had been out of football after being released by the Philadelphia Eagles in training camp 2003. The 6-1, 211-pound quarterback completed 21-of-39 passes for 205 yards in four pre-season games. He was briefly a backup at Philadelphia and Carolina in 2002 and was a practice squad member with the Eagles in 2001.
In learning Spurriers offense, Hasselbeck focused more on the game plan against Dallas than in studying the actual playbook.
"Thats the way its going to go this season," he said. "Obviously as the season goes along, Ill retain a lot of this information that Ive learned so far and itll carry over to the next week and the following week. And Ill learn some more of the little wrinkles as we play more teams."
Hasselbeck said he learned many of the offensive calls by studying the terminology and watching game tape of previous Redskin games.
"You have to learn things in pieces," he said. "The first thing you have to do is learn the formations. You have to learn the run plays and pass plays -- and the footwork for those plays. One way I did that was going through all the Redskin games of this season and watching Patrick run the offense. I watched his footwork and how the routes were run."
Does Spurrier anticipate the Dallas defense trying to increase the pressure on Ramsey, due to the relative inexperience of Hasselbeck?
"No, not any more than any other team weve played this year," Spurrier said. "I think any team when they get a chance to legally hit the quarterback, they take it. But in the NFL, you cant go after a quarterback. You get fined
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