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Gathering Moss would be wise
Posted: Feb. 8, 2007
First of all, the Green Bay Packers would need to know why Randy Moss has been tossed onto the discount table with the rest of the losers, like he's some kind of Rex Grossman or something.
Why is it that one of the most dynamic talents of his generation can be had for the rumored low, low price of a third-round pick and another receiver? Is he healthy? Anything wrong with, say, his hips or legs? The Packers would need to know.
The Packers would also need to know how a guy, no matter the degree of his eccentric tendencies, could possibly wear out his welcome in Oakland. Oakland! Wouldn't that be like the guitarist who was kicked out of Megadeth? I mean, how heinous do you have to be to be fired from a band called Megadeth? Same with the Black Hole, the NFL's last stop for the severely disenfranchised.
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Now, we all know that Randy Moss can be a royal pain in the place he pantomimed to a horrified crowd during the Minnesota Vikings' infamous Moon over Lambeau playoff victory a couple of years ago. You do not reference Moss' notorious behavior with a trite "baggage" label, mostly because it would be insufficient. We're talking steamer trunks at minimum, on up to mini-warehouse spaces, the really big ones.
It is also possible that Moss, who turns 30 next week, has learned some form of self control during his time of exile out there on the dark side of the moon. With no one to get him the ball in Oakland, he may be genuinely grateful for the chance to escape the league's worst offense, where his biggest crime was that he could not be another Tim Brown. It is also possible that he may be healthy enough to still go up and get the football like no one else of the last decade or so.
If all that is true and the Packers can get Moss for the equivalent of a gallon of paint at a scratch-and-dent sale, it's time to grab the brushes and get to work.
Brett Favre really, really wants to throw to Moss and has actively campaigned Ted Thompson to make the deal. There is genuine respect between Favre and Moss that transcends superstar bonding. Maybe it's a backwater-rebel connection between the chucker from Mississippi and the picker from West Virginia. There just might be a huge spark of workable chemistry there, enough to convince Moss to subjugate his individualistic whims to a team that might have a chance with his controlled presence.
More than that, the Packers need playmakers to get back into the game. As terrific as Donald Driver was last season, imagine how good he could be if opponents weren't constantly double-teaming him. Imagine if a defense also had to account for Randy Moss with Brett Favre delivering the football. Moss is a special talent, the likes of which are almost never available at any price to a team with such a specific need.
Not to compare these Packers to the '96 Super Bowl edition, but they once seamlessly incorporated another perceived malcontent of a receiver named Andre "Bad Moon" Rison.
Speaking of which, for those still offended by Moss' Lambeau gesture, remember it didn't remotely rise to Jim McMahon's wearing of a Bears jersey to the White House reception.
You've got to know your enemy. The possibility of Favre teamed up with the downfield combination of Driver and Moss could work to the Packers' best interests.
Posted: Feb. 8, 2007
First of all, the Green Bay Packers would need to know why Randy Moss has been tossed onto the discount table with the rest of the losers, like he's some kind of Rex Grossman or something.
Why is it that one of the most dynamic talents of his generation can be had for the rumored low, low price of a third-round pick and another receiver? Is he healthy? Anything wrong with, say, his hips or legs? The Packers would need to know.
The Packers would also need to know how a guy, no matter the degree of his eccentric tendencies, could possibly wear out his welcome in Oakland. Oakland! Wouldn't that be like the guitarist who was kicked out of Megadeth? I mean, how heinous do you have to be to be fired from a band called Megadeth? Same with the Black Hole, the NFL's last stop for the severely disenfranchised.
80719Packers/NFL
Now, we all know that Randy Moss can be a royal pain in the place he pantomimed to a horrified crowd during the Minnesota Vikings' infamous Moon over Lambeau playoff victory a couple of years ago. You do not reference Moss' notorious behavior with a trite "baggage" label, mostly because it would be insufficient. We're talking steamer trunks at minimum, on up to mini-warehouse spaces, the really big ones.
It is also possible that Moss, who turns 30 next week, has learned some form of self control during his time of exile out there on the dark side of the moon. With no one to get him the ball in Oakland, he may be genuinely grateful for the chance to escape the league's worst offense, where his biggest crime was that he could not be another Tim Brown. It is also possible that he may be healthy enough to still go up and get the football like no one else of the last decade or so.
If all that is true and the Packers can get Moss for the equivalent of a gallon of paint at a scratch-and-dent sale, it's time to grab the brushes and get to work.
Brett Favre really, really wants to throw to Moss and has actively campaigned Ted Thompson to make the deal. There is genuine respect between Favre and Moss that transcends superstar bonding. Maybe it's a backwater-rebel connection between the chucker from Mississippi and the picker from West Virginia. There just might be a huge spark of workable chemistry there, enough to convince Moss to subjugate his individualistic whims to a team that might have a chance with his controlled presence.
More than that, the Packers need playmakers to get back into the game. As terrific as Donald Driver was last season, imagine how good he could be if opponents weren't constantly double-teaming him. Imagine if a defense also had to account for Randy Moss with Brett Favre delivering the football. Moss is a special talent, the likes of which are almost never available at any price to a team with such a specific need.
Not to compare these Packers to the '96 Super Bowl edition, but they once seamlessly incorporated another perceived malcontent of a receiver named Andre "Bad Moon" Rison.
Speaking of which, for those still offended by Moss' Lambeau gesture, remember it didn't remotely rise to Jim McMahon's wearing of a Bears jersey to the White House reception.
You've got to know your enemy. The possibility of Favre teamed up with the downfield combination of Driver and Moss could work to the Packers' best interests.
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