Disco Volante
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.aren't Panthers tight in CAP space? If so they may not have the
CAP space to get into a bidding war with someone like the Packers
or 49ers or JAGs or even the PATs.
Jags just signed Jerry Porter to big money. Not sure about how well him and Moss got along in Oakland, but to drop a ton more money on another wide receiver, ugh.
As far as San Fran...they may have the money but surely Moss would be worried about catching balls from Alex Smith..??..??
I think its safe to completely rule out below average to bad teams, and thats what SF is. Moss also has a STRONG preference for staying on the east coast, so I'm pretty sure there are no westcoast teams in the picture.
I thought or read San Diego was another team pursuing him hard? I find all this laughable as 90% of the NFL said he was a cancer and washed up when the Pats acquired him...look at them all getting the "cialis 4 hour erection" over Moss now....NEWSFLASH...a stud quarterback is required people.
To be accurate, Moss doesnt need a stud quarterback, what he needs is a decent OLine that will allow him to run his deep routes. He had many mediocre quarterbacks in Minny, but their line was always decent so he made crap quarterbacks look great. What went wrong in Oakland was they had a bad everything, but most importantly they had a TERRIBLE OLine..so basically every game was like this years SB for Brady, except worse.
To be accurate, Moss doesnt need a stud quarterback, what he needs is a decent OLine that will allow him to run his deep routes. He had many mediocre quarterbacks in Minny, but their line was always decent so he made crap quarterbacks look great. What went wrong in Oakland was they had a bad everything, but most importantly they had a TERRIBLE OLine..so basically every game was like this years SB for Brady, except worse.
This is the key point. In all the anxiety to sign Moss, people have forgotten Corey Dillon, how he won the season with his fantastic effort, single-handedly burying the Colts.If Moss turns his back on the Patriots over just a few million dollars, I don't want him back.
That would mean all his talk about wanting to be here was just for show - and it would indicate that the tens of millions we'd devote to him would likely be wasted, as all the talk would just be to get a long term contract, and I expect his play would drop off as it did in LA
Let's look at this situation from Moss angle for a moment. The first couple days of free agency are when teams have the most amount of cap room. So, if he's going to maximize his value. It's going to be now. Not, in a month or two. If Pats don't come up with about 10m, and someone else offers him 5/50m. He has to consider it. I hope we sign him. Looks like it will take about 3/30m now. But, I'd still do it. Moss has already made a lot of money. Not sure that is his only motivation. If he wants to go down as an all-time great wr, he's more likely to do it with Tom Brady throwing him the ball. I think that's our trump card. We can probably keep him by coming close to matching another teams offer. But, won't be able to do if there is a sizeable difference in offers. He took a hometown discount last year. Set the all-time record for most td's in a season!! Why should he take another big discount??