Randy Moss Is a Moose-Knuckle Who Will Destroy the Pats
New England Patriots players and coaches expressed their support for embattled wide receiver Randy Moss this week after he played like a pathetic moose-knuckle in their 20-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers last Sunday in Foxboro.
Moss, 32, a four-time All-Pro selection and six-time Pro Bowler, amassed one measly reception for 16 yards in a performance that reeked of unprofessionalism.
Moss’ effort was so blatantly poor that members of the porous 5-8 Panthers defense chided his lack of exertion on the gridiron.
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“We knew he [Moss] was going to shut it down,” Panthers cornerback Chris Gamble told the Boston Globe . “He’d just give up a lot, slow down, he’s not going deep, not trying to run a route. You can tell by his body language.”
Panthers safety Chris Harris agreed with Gamble that Moss abandoned his Patriots teammates.
“That’s what it is with him,” Harris said. “You get physical with him, and I don’t want to say he quits, but he kind of doesn’t run the routes the way they’re supposed to be run. If you get a jam on him, he’ll just ease up.”
Moss has a notorious history of playing lackadaisically when things don't go his way.
The Minnesota Vikings selected the troubled Moss out of Marshall University with the 21st overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.
Moss publicly seethed that twenty players were chosen ahead of him because NFL executives were worried about his past legal problems and alleged character issues.
The product of West Virginia claimed that teams that passed on him would “regret it once they see what kind of player I am and what kind of guy I really am.”
Initially, Moss flourished with the Vikings and proved many of his detractors wrong.
Moss helped lead the Vikings to a 15-1 record and he was named a Pro Bowl starter and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after he shattered the rookie record for touchdown receptions with 17.
However, only two years after Minnesota signed him to a four-year deal worth $4.5 million, Moss vacated his Vikings teammates in the 2000 NFC Championship game when they were trounced by the New York Giants 41-0.
Understandably, Minnesota’s brass tired of Moss and in the spring of 2005 they shipped the malcontent to the Oakland Raiders for linebacker Napoleon Harris and draft picks.
Moss purposely struggled in the Bay Area and his lack of care predictably chapped the collective asses of Raider Nation.
“Maybe it’s because I’m unhappy and I’m not too excited about what’s going on,” Moss whined in November 2006. “So my concentration and focus level tends to go down sometimes when I’m in a bad mood. So all I can say is if you put me in a good situation and make me happy, man, you get good results.”
The Raiders made the unbearable Moss “happy, man” and they sent him packing to the Patriots in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick.
Initially, the Patriots acquisition of Moss looked ingenious.
Moss utterly dominated the NFL in 2007 and he established the single-season touchdown reception record with 23.
More impressively, Moss was the focal point of a spectacular Patriots offense that propelled New England to the first 16-0* undefeated season in league history.
Sadly for Patriots fans, 2007 now feels like 1907 when it comes to Moss’ demeanor and overall productivity.
The Patriots can insanely defend Moss as much as they want and attempt to convince onlookers that the media is being needlessly harsh towards their star receiver.
In actuality, the media isn’t being harsh enough on Moss.
Moss is a multi-millionaire who often only gives marginal efforts and he is the very personification of a prima donna.
The Patriots are shielding Moss from criticism because the organization entirely realizes that he is a mental midget who will quit on them in an instant if he is not properly pampered.
Without Randy Moss, the Patriots season is already over in the month of December.
At this juncture, the Patriots season is also already over with Randy Moss in the month of December.
Moss isn’t “happy, man.”
So, the Patriots shouldn’t expect to “get good results.”
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