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Originally Posted by mraynrand
"The point I tried to make wasn't in regard to the impact that Moss would have or not have made to our team had TT acquired him; but that TT fell asleep in the process of trying to acquire Moss and that had to really piss Brett Favre off."
Woody, we've been over this. You are assuming it was a slam dunk that everyone wanted this guy and that he would have improved the team. Can't you recognize that it's entirely possible that TT though not adding Moss was better than adding him? Or at the very least that TT thought Moss was worth so much and no more? And so what if it pissed Favre off. The Packers did just fine without Moss. Maybe TT if better at evaluating talent and putting a squad together with chemistry and so forth than Favre or anyone else would or will give him credit for - Try looking at it from a non-Favre perspective and see what you see.
This isn't a thread discussed from a non Favre perspective mraynrand.
Go back and check the record on this issue of the Packers and our GM. Your sharp at this stuff man.
TT said he attempted to and thought that he 'in fact' secured Randy Moss for our teams efforts in 2008.
There are people in this forum that will ignore this fact as they cannot imagine the likes of a Randy Moss in our colors, as a Green Bay Packer. These people may hold an animosity forever and are seldom open to seeing the benefit of a real talent on their team at the expense of their needs to despise forever a simple act or insult even one time years priior. That's too foolish for me to comprehend.
An example mraynrand:
Animosity and outrage over an incident like the time Randy Moss rubbed his ass on our goal post after scoring a TD. You re-call that incident don't you? What was that?
Well only this:
It's called gamesmanship and that's
not usually sportsmanship. :)
Back to our fine GM and I mean that sincerely, as he has received praise and recognition for all his efforts inthe past. TT may have gone to school over the failure to follow-up on acquiring Randy Moss.
RE: this thread and it most certainly would apply. Favre held it together when he determined that TT failed to acquire Randy Moss. We all should agree here that Favre very much desired Randy Moss to toss to in 2008. Randy Moss in a Packer uniform made Favre's heart beat really fast. (check)
TT tried to get a deal done with Al Davis and Oakland and he felt he had succeeded. ( check)
Later and upon questioning his interest and failure to secure Randy Moss. TT admitting that he sincerely tried to acquire Randy Moss from Al Davis. He said 'in fact ' that when he retired for the night.
That he felt that it was a done deal. That Randy Moss was destined to be a Green Bay Packer. That he had successfully secured Randy Moss at a price acceptable to both himself and Al Davis (Oakland).
As you may re-call mraynrand. That acquisition attempt happened just before the Sat. draft day ( wasn't it that Friday night?
or was it later on Sat. night? ) of the 2008 Draft Weekend?
With all due respect. Your post is moot in terms related to the fact that TT felt he had acquired Randy Moss just prior to ending his day. That is an admission to me and to Favre of the fact he bobbled the ball in this issue of RandyMoss and him being a Green Bay Packer at the start of the 2008 season.
IMO. If we had Randy Moss. That ' as a fact ' was a far better proposition than not having him. I'm fairly sure back then that Favre would have agreed and the evidence only supports that mraynrand.
Later....
and GO Packers.