The Randy Moss Experiment is over
Good news I guess. Sort of sad, just remembering back two years ago when I heard the news Randy Moss was leaving Minnesota to come to Oakland. It was huge news, a sensational day. Oddly enough, the first team Moss played against as a Raider is the team he was traded to: the New England Patriots. Hard to imagine Moss as a Patriot, I was getting all set to see him with the Green Bay Packers, but it was New England who swooped in and made the deal. The Raiders received a 4th-round pick that they used to select John Bowie, a cornerback from Cincinnati who just happened to be one of, if not THE, fastest player in the draft.
The experiment began with the Raiders trading their #1 pick, Round 7 pick, and linebacker Napolean Harris to Minnesota for Moss. That was a blockbuster deal. Moss did do some things well in Oakland, but his numbers and production were nowhere near what everyone thought he was capable of doing, and that was due to some injuries as well. It's hard not to scapegoat Randy Moss, more and more people disliked him over time and wanted him out of here. So now he is. It's too bad things didn't work out and it's not all on Moss for that, but a good chunk of it was. It didn't help to have him whine and nag when the team was doing so poorly and the cardinal sin is to admit you're not going 100%, which is what Moss did on more than occasion.
So now we have Mike Williams, Jerry Porter, Ronald Curry, and Doug Gabriel. Williams, in a sense, replacing Moss, though I didn't think that was the case but it looks like it is now. Not that Williams becomes the #1, but here's hoping he can pick up his game with former coach Lane Kiffin. That's the hope and the idea. So Josh McCown throws the balls for a year or half a year and then Russell waits his turn, hopefully trimming some fat off of his body and beefing up his mental attributes and then the Raiders are in business a couple/few years down the road.
6 comments:
Amen brother! Never wanted Moss as a Raider in the first place. He just comes with too much baggage for me to be happy about it.
I am not one who wanted Moss to leave. I was secretly hoping that Moss would have a change of tune, similar to Porter's. I thought he could of pull out of his slump
I don't think that our offense will be better without him. But I also didn't want to see C. Woodson leave. I didnt think our defense would be better without him. Boy was I wrong.
So heres to hoping I am wrong again.
Tweekintekin
Believe me, Moss being gone is a good thing. The pundits have handed the Patriots the Super Bowl with this trade. Unless Moss changes his attitude, I see him as a distraction.
Our offense will be better without him. Porter will pick up his game since he doesn't want Curry to outshine him. Russel is good, damn good. He was redshirted his freshman year at LSU, so in terms of age he is a senior. The last QB the Raiders drafted who grew up in South Alabama was a guy named Stabler. He turned out pretty good.
If Michael Bush recovers all the way from his broken leg he could be the steal of the draft.
This could be a watershed year for the Silver and Black. And, for us old timers, our patience will have been rewarded.
H
Hell Yeah!!!Great News!!
I am thrilled we are getting rid of the "unhappy" player that drops balls, whines and then quits. Moss doesn't have the right attitude to be "great."
No Moss, No Loss!!
Moss won't last the entire year. Released due to misconduct by week 10.
The first thing i wanted to hear was, "number one pick for the Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell." The second thing I wanted to hear was, "Randy Moss has been traded...."
Now that POS is off the team. What a great day it in the Nation. Thank you Patriots!
I'm looking forward to seeing this new "powerful and explosive" offense next season.
later
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