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Moss A Patriot?
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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 offseason 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.
But now that they have him, they are thrilled. Brady is said to be very excited upon learning the news that his team had agreed to a trade with Oakland. Patriots coach Bill Belichick feels the same way as Brady. After spending previous seasons lacking a big-play target, the Patriots now have a plethora of them -- none any bigger than Moss.
How the trade evolved is a story itself. Ongoing trade talks from throughout the offseason continued Friday and intensified Saturday night after the draft when the Raiders called the Patriots and got New England to sweeten its offer of what had been a sixth-round pick. New England agreed to trade a fourth-round pick to Oakland.
The trade caps a remarkably and busy offseason for the Patriots, who have repositioned themselves as the team to beat in the AFC and the NFL. They have added former Ravens linebacker Adalius Thomas, former Bengals cornerback Tory James, former Dolphins running back Sammy Morris, former Dolphins wide receiver Wes Welker, former Eagles wide receiver Donte Stallworth and former Bengals wide receiver Kelley Washington.
Oakland was in a position where it had to trade Moss. It could not afford to pay him his base salary while also signing No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell to a contract that is expected to include about $30 million in guaranteed money. Plus, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin had been anxious to deal Moss and start over fresh, able to implement his own ideas with his own players.
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 offseason 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.
But now that they have him, they are thrilled. Brady is said to be very excited upon learning the news that his team had agreed to a trade with Oakland. Patriots coach Bill Belichick feels the same way as Brady. After spending previous seasons lacking a big-play target, the Patriots now have a plethora of them -- none any bigger than Moss.
How the trade evolved is a story itself. Ongoing trade talks from throughout the offseason continued Friday and intensified Saturday night after the draft when the Raiders called the Patriots and got New England to sweeten its offer of what had been a sixth-round pick. New England agreed to trade a fourth-round pick to Oakland.
The trade caps a remarkably and busy offseason for the Patriots, who have repositioned themselves as the team to beat in the AFC and the NFL. They have added former Ravens linebacker Adalius Thomas, former Bengals cornerback Tory James, former Dolphins running back Sammy Morris, former Dolphins wide receiver Wes Welker, former Eagles wide receiver Donte Stallworth and former Bengals wide receiver Kelley Washington.
Oakland was in a position where it had to trade Moss. It could not afford to pay him his base salary while also signing No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell to a contract that is expected to include about $30 million in guaranteed money. Plus, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin had been anxious to deal Moss and start over fresh, able to implement his own ideas with his own players.
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POSTED 11:51 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2007
NO MOSS TRADE YET
Day one of the NFL draft came and went with no trade that sent receiver Randy Moss to the Packers, the Patriots, or anywhere else.
So what happens next?
If the Raiders want to get a 2007 draft pick for Moss, the highest they'll see is a fourth-round pick.
But the alternative isn't to merely cut Moss. They can still trade him for a 2008 draft pick, and such a selection wouldn't hurt, since a 2008 third-rounder was given up to the Pats along with a 2007 seventh-rounder for a New England pick at the bottom of round three.
That transaction resulted in this snarky entry on the Pats' official web site, which a reader pointed out to us: "The Patriots traded their third round pick to the Raiders. Oakland then selected Florida State OT Mario Henderson for some reason."
The only sure thing at this point is that Moss won't be a Raider in 2007. A salary of $9.75 million is too much to pay to a guy who surely doesn't want to be there, and the efforts to trade him surely don't make him any more eager to mend fences.
The question at this point is where he'll land.
A league source told us on Saturday that it is doubtful that Moss will end up in New England. The best bet, then, is Green Bay. But we also wouldn't rule out the Jags or the Bucs, since either team would put Moss in his adopted home state of Florida.
NO MOSS TRADE YET
Day one of the NFL draft came and went with no trade that sent receiver Randy Moss to the Packers, the Patriots, or anywhere else.
So what happens next?
If the Raiders want to get a 2007 draft pick for Moss, the highest they'll see is a fourth-round pick.
But the alternative isn't to merely cut Moss. They can still trade him for a 2008 draft pick, and such a selection wouldn't hurt, since a 2008 third-rounder was given up to the Pats along with a 2007 seventh-rounder for a New England pick at the bottom of round three.
That transaction resulted in this snarky entry on the Pats' official web site, which a reader pointed out to us: "The Patriots traded their third round pick to the Raiders. Oakland then selected Florida State OT Mario Henderson for some reason."
The only sure thing at this point is that Moss won't be a Raider in 2007. A salary of $9.75 million is too much to pay to a guy who surely doesn't want to be there, and the efforts to trade him surely don't make him any more eager to mend fences.
The question at this point is where he'll land.
A league source told us on Saturday that it is doubtful that Moss will end up in New England. The best bet, then, is Green Bay. But we also wouldn't rule out the Jags or the Bucs, since either team would put Moss in his adopted home state of Florida.
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Unbelievable. I thought the organization only drafted team guys, and there would be no way that Bellichek would stoop so low to make a deal for a problem-child wide receiver. It's too bad they're going to be getting so much negative criticism about this move, and it will tarnish and affect their play next season, because Moss is a cancer.
Wait, oh...it's the Pats and not the Cowboys. Nevermind.
Wait, oh...it's the Pats and not the Cowboys. Nevermind.
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Ashwynn;1477444 said:
They have reloaded and have what I think may be there best team ever.
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you can tell that BB is getting desperate to get his fourth ring. He is doing things this year that he would NOT have done 2 years ago. Dillon was nowhere NEAR the problem Moss is; the money they shelled out for Thomas and the others is way more then they have ever spent before.
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CactusCowboy;1477464 said:
The Commanders won the pre season super bowl for years and have nothing to show for it. I honestly believe this is a mistake adding all these players to their core, chemistry is a HUGE part of their success. With all the WR's they brought in, I can imagine there will be many upset players at the balls they are getting.
