You’ve already stated you fell in love with Moss at the age of 10, so I doubt you can be objective. Also, you’ve apparently followed the Vikes your whole life, so you don’t have a notion of how a team actually wins.

New England is the best team in the NFL since BB took over, with three of four Super Bowls. Since championships are the objective, he must have a fair idea of what he is doing. Meanwhile the Vikings have been decidedly mediocre for the last decade, needing subsidy from the rest of the NFL to even exist, play their games in an inflatable barn, and hasn’t won a capstone championship in its 50 year history.

Also, you seem to have missed the parts where Moss yammered his way out of playing for the best team in the league, and in short order came to his senses that there WASN’T A BETTER ALTERNATIVE. But it was too late, his mouth had done the damage. And then he hooks up with your wonderful Vikings, and yammers his way out of there (insufficient catering, tossing Childress under the bus). And yet you talk like the best team of the last decades needs HIM instead of the other way around.

Moss has no rings and it looks like it’s going to remain that way. Perhaps at some point you’ll realize it takes TEAMS to win championships, not personalities even if they have talent. Moss hasn’t been good for TEAMS. And that’s why he’s unemployed.

Re-read my post, please.

Moss still had his skill set and still worked hard – when he wasn’t taking plays “off”. Clearly he was seeking a new deal, which is one of the two ways you find yourself “shipped out” of New England.

Sure, the Pats have gotten rid of guys with plenty left in the tank, as you said, but ALWAYS because they wanted more money.

FYI; I get ALL my Patriots news from sources OTHER than ESPN, especially from local sources.

(1) Moss clearly had his entire skill set at the beginning of last year, (2) he was working just as hard in the offseason and training camp, and (3) he didn’t want an excessive contract. Moss simply wanted his last contract and wanted to retire a Patriot. Read the interviews not shown on ESPN. And New England has gotten rid of players with a lot left in the tank to go with youth. How has that been playing out the last few years? Last year? 14-2 means SQUAT if you get bounced in the playoffs. The Patriots have been terrible in the playoffs since Brady blew his knee out. Speaking of the devil, if I were Tom Brady, I’d start freaking out about my future in NE, regardless of how many years I had left on my deal. He’s 34…

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You clearly know little about how the Patriots operate.

To be a veteran and get shipped out, one of two things has to happen; your skills erode seriously/you stop working as hard as you previously have, or you want a contract that is excessively large.

If you keep up your dedication to your job, your skills stay sharp, and you’re reasonable about your salary, you’ll stay a Patriot and have as good a shot at a ring – or better – than with any team in the NFL.

The list of veterans who have been released or traded consists mostly of vets who broke down, stopped working hard, or wanted to be paid at the top of their positions. Check it out.

And STILL this team went 14-2 last year.

Randy has been a great player and in all probability will be a hall of famer, in time.

The one thing that has eluded him has been a Super Bowl ring.

Realizing that this might be his last opportunty to be called “champion,” I firmly believe that under certain conditions he would be a positive addition for the Pats.

There may have been, or maybe not, some personal reasons why Belichick decided to let Randy go but now any personal reasons should be cast aside and think, only, of what he can do to help this team get back to the big show.

Randy is not finished and the Pats need to re-consider and bring him bck.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The dude wants a ring.

Not enough has been made out of that Revis-Moss play last year. That was hands down one of Moss’ best catches of his career, and it came against the so-called best DB in the league. I laugh when people tell me Moss was washed up last year. Watch that play. Revis pulls up and grabs his hammy AFTER being torched by Moss. My hammy would explode too after my pride was punched right in the face.

1)Don’t think Belichik doesn’t know about this
2) Don’t think he hasn’t talked to Brady and the other team leaders about it and
3) DON’T think (if indeed you are capable of thinking) that he would hesitate an instant to do it if he thought it would help the team.
4) Don’t even imagine he gives a s..t about your opinions – he doesn’t even know about them.

Just imagine – Moss on one side, OchoCinco on the other side, Welker across the middle and two 2nd year tight ends who together caught something like 70 passes last year.

I almost forgot the QB’s name – a guy named Tom Brady

Be afraid – bem

Come down to earth Randy. For that kind of money 99% of the world would work every play for whoever was willing to pay me. Still a freak of an athlete, but still hasn’t grown up…so sad.

Watching him play ‘catch’ with Tom Brady in 2007 was the most exciting year of football I ever sat through. I wish him the best and would welcome him back.

Signed,
Patriots fan

Seriously, this regret on Moss’ part has been obvious since he stepped foot in the Vikings camp. His ego got to him in New England, and he fatally shot himself in the foot.

It’s clear that they have moved on, while Moss has not, and after the disasters in Minny and Tennessee (The Titans, Randy, really????) there has clearly been just one team Moss wants to play for. But it would never be the same; his skills aren’t what they were two years ago, and their style of offense is different now anyway.

pondbridge says:
Jets’ Revis showed that Moss could be single covered
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I’m sorry; was this BEFORE he exploded his hammy chasing Moss into the end zone, or AFTER?