marcus

Peter King is a sports writer who calls it like it is.

Whether or not you agree with him, the Patriots philosophy dramatically changed this weekend, when they turned from a one of a kind character team to a "me too" talent over character team





"I'm about to get preachy/sappy. Even when the Patriots took a chance on guys like Corey Dillon, they were using roster spots on guys who were never accused of not hustling. To me, and to Bob Kraft, Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli, cheating the game is the worst crime a player can commit. Moss has done it regularly, going back to the infamous dogging it that Merril Hoge proved on ESPN years ago.

People around the Raiders had a major beef with Moss -- he regularly dogged it. I'm not going to kill the Patriots for this, because Moss might well turn into Pete Rose, and if he does, good for him. But this is not the kind of player the Patriots stand for. He can prove all of us doubting this trade wrong. But I can't help but think that, regardless of the outcome, the Patriots should have let someone else deal with his potential flameout. In their quest for the greatest offseason in the Cap Era (which the Patriots might have won before the Moss trade), I think New England went one step too far"

Patriot_in_NY

Of course that what he was gonna say.

Do you really think that he can come out and just say............. "If this works for them, the NFL next year is all but going to suck for everyone (including writers and color guys who have to make blow-outs seem interesting) except one team and its fans. If it doesn't, and he's cut early (ala Gabriel), they lose next to nothing and still have an incredible array of target for TB"

Expect it. Many will hate this mve cuz it simply makes one of the best teams MUCH better. It's almost unfair from a "parity" standpoint. All understand what it means though, they may just not want to say it.

lutontown_fc

Wow. Marcus managed to dig up a negative report about the Patriots acquisition of Moss?!

I am so very surprised.

Bella*chick

Yeah, but he was a guest on Mike and Mike this morning and while he talked about the character stuff, he basically admitted this was good for New England and Moss would play well for them because this is his last chance to save his reputation. Greenberg wanted him to name the negatives and King was basically unable to from a football standpoint.

sebman2112

What a complete moron. Yes, I said it. NE gives up a fourth round pick and a small contract to get one of professional football's most prolific WR's and it's a bad move? Really, I think he'll be alright but if he does act up NE isn't stuck with him. NE gave up a fifth rounder to get Doug Gabrial and that didn't workout, so they cut his *****. They'll do the same with Moss if he acts like a turd.

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BelichickFan

We'll see how people see it when Moss is catching passes and opening up the short and middle part of the field. Right now it's all theoretical BS . . . when he's on the field and impacting the game, we'll see how he feels.

Va_Pats_Fan

Thats funny. He was on Mike and Mike this morning, and he stated that the Pats have had the best offseason in the salary cap era. Said the deal had a huge upside, and little risk......

upstater1

you know what's funny about all this.

The players hate Bill Belichick. After the San Diego game he was the worst human being in football.

The Adalius Thomas hooked up, Randy Moss, donte Stallworth. Belichick is so hated that he saved the Patriots $9-10 million on those players. Their contract offers with other teams would have been about $9.5 million higher than what the Patriots offered. He's so hated that players are actually giving up $$ to play for him.

Thanks Dan Marino and Bob Costas and Skip Bayless and Boomer Esiasion (although I can't hold it against Boomer too much since he's generally excellent) for pointing out what a miserable human being BB is.

Patriot Missile

The possibilities are endless. Belichick seems to always coveted a player like Randy Moss. Not just for his crazy unnatural skill set,but also for his ability to create mismatches for oppsosing defenses across the board. It's not even fair really. People think we are going to be changing are offensive philosophy and I don't think we will. Many of the same plays will be in place it's just now we have more athletic surehanded receivers to make the short to medium pass routes whom have a much better chance for YAC and taking those to the house. Ofcourse the long ball will be an option like never before also.

Bella*chick

Post of the day!!!