To think this is some kind of media conspiracy and either Michael Felger, Mike Florio, or John Tomase created this rumor for their own biases towards Moss or need to be right is crazy though.QUOTE]
You can't be that naive?
In Felger's case, there is a bias, either actual or manufactured for ratings purposes.
For Florio, how many hits did his site get because of these rumors.
For Tomase, I hate to pick on the fellow, but there's a need to stay relevant in a very competitive Boston sports meia market. He tends to jump the gun a little to often.
Felger gets nothing out of this. The rumor was leaked to the public on Saturday morning. Cuts were Saturday night. Story is basically over unless Moss actually gets traded, but people aren't going to take the rumor seriously enough now to pay much attention. If it was reported last week, then Felger could have had Florio on and gotten some ratings for it. Besides, Florio used to be on Dale and Holley. Felger isn't the only media guy Florio is close to. If Moss plays the whole year without incident or even catches a big TD pass on the 9th, who is going to remember this rumor? What does Felger have to gain by this rumor?
Florio won't give up the story. What does he have to gain if he is making it up? Beating a dead horse on a rumor you made up yourself is only going to ruin your own credibility. Florio constantly reporting this rumor if he made it up himself won't convince Belichick that maybe he should cut or trade Moss. Florio loses if Moss ends up on the September 9th roster and by sticking to the story, he loses more.
Tomase is a little quick to jump on stories, but he sat on this for two days and waited until he got a legitimate source to say there was a surprise cut before he even mentioned it.
