Posted on 02/24/2005 8:55:46 AM PST by MikefromOhio
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Randy Moss has become known as much for his distracting antics as he has for his electrifying touchdown catches during his seven-year career.
Sounds like Al Davis' kind of player.
Dante DiTrapano, Moss' agent, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders had ``come to an agreement on Randy playing for Oakland next year.''
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Davis, the longtime renegade owner of the Raiders, has always taken a certain pride in acquiring talented players with troubled backgrounds. And Moss is just the latest to join the Silver and Black.
DiTrapano said Moss was ``very pleased to be going to Oakland and looking forward to playing with a team that's promised to throw the ball deep a whole lot to him and have a chance at winning the Super Bowl.''
Neither the Vikings nor the Raiders would confirm the deal, which reportedly involves the Raiders sending linebacker Napoleon Harris, the seventh pick in this year's draft and another late-round pick to Minnesota for Moss.
Without commenting specifically on the trade, Raiders senior administrator Artie Gigantino said, ``the Raiders have always been very aggressive in the pursuit of free agents. Randy Moss is certainly one of the great receivers of all time. Many players have ended their careers as Oakland Raiders.''
The deal cannot become official until March 2, the start of the NFL's fiscal year.
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Giant, throbbing, Purple ping.
Minnesota is stupid. You don't trade the best WR in the game for a 7th pick. A rookie who has a good chance of bombing out.
Said with groan, does it have to be a 'throbbing' ping?
Well, Moss is talented, but capricious. I will actually miss him in a way. But in other more important ways, this is better for the Vikings. They have developed and played some new talent, thanks in part to Moss' antics, guys who actually want to play and want to be part of the team.
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