Posted on 04/29/2007 7:40:41 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
Raiders agree to send WR Moss to Patriots
By Adam Schefter NFL Analyst
(April 29, 2007) -- On Draft Weekend 2007, the biggest tremors in the football world came from a trade between the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders.
Randy Moss is on the verge of becoming a Patriot after New England agreed to send a fourth-round pick in Sunday's draft to Oakland for the mercurial and maddening wide receiver. Before the trade is completed, Moss must undergo a physical, which he arrived in New England on Sunday morning to take. Assuming Moss passes, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will be passing him the ball next season in one of the most dynamic and electric quarterback-wide receiver combinations that has ever played in the NFL.
Moss already has agreed to dramatically restructure his contract, which is scheduled to pay him $9.75 million this coming season. New England was the one and only place Moss would agree to take a reduced contract, and he did so knowing that he would have the chance to win a Super Bowl. With the off-season that New England has had, no team in football has a better chance.
Moss also comes to New England with the warning that, as Bill Parcells used to say, the light is yellow and ready to turn red. The Patriots have notified Moss that, under no circumstance, will they tolerate any of the transgressions that have marked his career. The first controversial incident that Moss is involved in will be his last. The Patriots insist they will release him.
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OMG, no, not the soap opera!
Randy will be an excellent mentor for Meriweather.
I think he’ll be spending a wee bit more time with Harrison and Bruschi.
Normally I would take a cynical view on a trade like this but the NE Patriots have established a history of backing up their claims that they don't tolerate players who don't strictly adhere to their code of conduct. As well, the Pats also have a history of taking on players who were troubled elsewhere (i.e. Corey Dillon) and making successes of them.
In fact the Boston sports market in general are following the Patriots lead. The Celtics just dumped a player with off-field troubles and the Red Sox have put their dysfunctional days behind them as well. Boston sports fans have come to expect that selfish, egotistical athletes will be run out of town.
NOOOOO!
Exactly. They can cut him any time with little cost (a fourth round draft pick). It’s not like Randy can poison the team. Too many veterans with too many rings.... This is a no brainer.
Miami used the 9th pick overall to take Ginn. We gave up a 4th rounder for Randy Moss.
And I thought we got a good deal for Dillon in 2004.
I don’t know. I really detest this guy but it may work out.
Moss finally gets to play for a major contender with an excellent offense/quarterback.
Becoming a member of a team like this just might mature the guy.
Get him on the cheap also.
Be optimistic.
And the joke this morning on Boston sports talk was that the Patriots didn’t give them much to talk about. Problem solved.
The price is right. If he doesn’t work out they’re out a 4th round pick.
I really, really think this is a bad, bad, bad, bad idea.
Let me guess why...he’s a cancer that’s going to destroy the team?
If nothing else, you got a great decoy.
Today is the day to build some depth and if we get lucky we’ll find some surprises.
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