Reports are coming out of Oakland that the Raiders are attempting to get rid of Wide Reciever Randy Moss, and that the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots are both interested. This has a bunch of scenarios, so, let's go through them one by one:
OAKLAND: What would the Raiders see as suitable compensation for Randy Moss? Would a team like Green Bay or New England be willing to concede a first or second pick for a guy who quits on plays, is 30 years old, and his favorite route is going straight down the field?
GREEN BAY: Surely, Cheeshead fans remember Randy's disgusted endzone celebration in the 2004 NFC Wild card Game against Green Bay. How would cheesehead fans react if he soon wore their colors? Would they be willing to forgive him? Only if he leads the packers to the playoffs. I think this may work for him. The Packers have not had a big play threat since Javon Walker left the Packers via a trade to Denver. Brett Favre loves to throw deep, and Randy Moss loves to run deep, but how would Moss be recieved when he goes back to the Metrodome? he would probably be recieved with many boos, because he would be going to the archrival of the Vikings.
NEW ENGLAND: Tom Brady did not have a real big play threat last year, and the reason they lost the AFC Championship game to the Colts (another than the defense surrendering an 18 point lead and Brady throwing the interception late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal) was Patriot Wide Recievers (ahem...Reche Caldwell...ahem..) kept dropping critical passes when the Patriots needed a first down to keep the lead, and dropped a catch in the endzone when there was Nobody covering him! The Patriots could make this work as well. Bill Bellichick is a no nonsense head coach (the reason the Patriots have three Super Bowls) and any distraction from Moss and I am sure that Bill would find a way to make sure that dosen't happen again. But again, would Foxboro want a guy who is 30 years old, quits on plays, and only loves to run straight down the field?
I personally think Randy Moss is staying put in Oakland, the Raiders are too focused on having their offensive game plan evolve around JaMarcus Russell to trade him away.
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