It's possible that Moss isn't deliberately taking plays off, but that he merely has retreated to his nature now that he has attention span has expired. But it's also possible that Moss wants out, and that this is his way of making it happen.
Indeed, if the Pats made it clear two years ago that they wouldn't tolerate this kind of stuff from Moss, common sense suggests that, if Moss engages in this kind of stuff, they'll send him packing.
But Belichick is no idiot; he won't be letting Moss walk away. Belichick knows that Moss has a friend in the league. A quarterback friend. And that quarterback friend is now playing for the team with which Moss initially made his mark. And that quarterback friend could be putting ideas in Randy's head regarding the possibility of finishing together the job that Moss started 11 years ago.
It's pure speculation, but it comes from our basic understanding of how things are in the NFL, and how things get done. Despite Sunday's uncanny last-second catch from a little-known player whom the Pats jettisoned before the season, Brett Favre knows he needs a field-stretching receiver in order to duplicate John Elway's ride into the sunset.
And Favre knows the perfect man for the job.
And Brett Favre openly has lobbied for Moss when Favre played for the Packers. So what better way to fulfill his repeatedly denied yet undeniable desire to stick it to Ted Thompson than by finding a way to bring Moss back to Minnesota?
