Randy Moss Eagles Rumors: Why Philly Should Take a Chance on Moss

Randy Moss is the most useless player in the entire NFL when he’s not playing for a contender. But on a contender, he’s one of, if not the most explosive offensive weapon in the league even at his age. 

The Philadelphia Eagles aren’t just the average playoff contender. They’re a legitimate threat to take home the Lombardi Trophy and they couldn’t possibly care any less about the 2012 season. Andy Reid and the Eagles are all about winning now, and that’s why they should take a chance on Moss.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Moss will retire according to his agent, but it's not like an athlete has never come out of retirement before, right Brett Favre? All Howie Roseman would have to do is show him the Eagles' championship odds, offer him an attractive contract and Moss should instantly have a change of heart.

Plus, with such a talented team, Philly wouldn’t have to worry about "Super Freak" going AWOL like he did in Minnesota and Tennessee this past season. The Eagles were already stacked last year with Pro Bowlers like Michael Vick, Asante Samuel, DeSean Jackson, Trent Cole and Jason Peters; they only lost to the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers by five points in the playoffs. 

After adding Nnamdi Asomugha, Jason Babin, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Cullen Jenkins though, they’re stacked beyond belief.

Seriously, they have Pro Bowlers backing up Pro Bowlers at cornerback with DRC and at quarterback after the addition of Vince Young. Randy Moss would be the same take-the-ball-deep-take-the-top-off-the-defense wide receiver he was with the New England Patriots.  Again, when unmotivated, he’s nothing but a bum because he just shuts down, but without championship ring, this future Hall-of-Famer would have all the motivation he’d need and more.

In his last full season with the Pats in 2009, he recorded 83 receptions for 1,264 yards and 13 touchdowns. Now, it wouldn’t be fair to expect Moss to equal those numbers because he’d have to share the ball with Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and Brent Celek, but the Eagles have a similar pass-first, run-second mentality to the Patriots. There isn’t any reason why Moss can’t be just as effective as he was in New England, receiving slightly reduced minutes, of course.

The Eagles don’t necessarily have a need at the wide out position, but no one is arguing that Jason Avant is a better receiver than an inspired Randy Moss. If you think defenses were hesitant to put an extra man in the box against Jackson and Maclin, with Moss on the field at the same time, they’d back their safeties up 30 yards off the ball before they think of moving one into the box. 

Philadelphia would obviously have one of most potent passing attacks in the league, but with three of the most explosive wide outs in the game on one team, LeSean McCoy would have room to run like never before.

Worst case scenario: Moss doesn’t think he’s getting the ball enough and he goes into hibernation mode. At that point, the Eagles could just cut him, and they’re still the same talented football team.  Best case scenario: he turns Reid’s offense into an unstoppable force; it isn’t coincidence that Moss has been a part of the two highest scoring offenses in NFL history.

With a pass defense featuring Cole, Babin and Jenkins as rushers and Asomugha, Rodgers-Cromartie and potentially Samuel manned-up, no opposing team is going to be able to win a shootout against an offense featuring Vick to Jackson, Celek, McCoy, Maclin and Moss.

David Daniels is an NFL Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report and a Syndicated Writer. Follow    him on Twitter.