Free_Pacman
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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They have had a deal in place for a while now.
They're not announcing it for purely strategic reasons, to keep the rest of the league guessing.
There's no advantage to announcing something like Moss's signing early.
The Pats are the kings of secrecy.
<< but the more plausible explanation is that Randy wants top dollar. >>
I don't know... Tommy B was adamant that he would "retire with Moss". It sounded pretty clear that Tommy + Moss had/have something very special.
I see Moss as the type of player who hasn't had many friends... hasn't really ever fit in. Now he's finally found his main man in Tommy B, I find it very, very difficult to believe that he would leave that comfort for a few million extra bucks.
It just doesn't make sense to me. The more probable scenario is that Moss and Brady not only said they wanted to stay together, but clearly agreed to do so. The only question then is when you announce it.
There is no advantage to the Pats in announcing a Moss extension on day 1 of FA. Instead, you keep it under wraps for a bit, forcing other teams to set aside cash to try to sign Moss. That gives you trading leverage.
My prediction is that we get the official announcement of the Moss signing today or tomorrow.
99%
Randy clearly wants to stay, Patriots want him to stay, or so I'd imagine so chill out. There only one way Moss doesn't get signed and thats if he's asking for rediculous amounts. We can afford a good contract for Moss so it should get done, if, infact, it isn't already.
It's too quiet for an openly available Randy Moss.
I'm starting to think that the Pats didn't franchise Moss simply because
they did not want to pay him franchise money.