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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.that kinda scares me that gabriel looks up to moss...cuz gabriel worked out so well...
Gabriel just suffers from some kind of mind cramps. His teams seem to basically like him, but something leads him to keep getting dumped.
Now the conspiracy freak in me says that the whole Gabriel deal is starting to look like an extended "feeler." What a concept...
"Hey oakland, let us borrow him, and we'll give you a fifth... we just want to ask a few questions..."
Nahhhh.
PFnV
If you read the latest Tomase article, BB was contacted by Moss during the Deion Branch fiasco. Moss told Belichick that he would love to play for the Pats. The Pats didn't trade for him at that time probably because the Raiders would've wanted a 1st round pick.
Somewhat overlooked in this discussion - Gabriel must have also had very good things to tell Moss about the Pats and the organization, despite his unceremonious mid-season dumping.
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Note well, it was all done through intermediaries. Otherwise it could be grounds for tampering. BB made that very clear a few days ago. Yes, it's semantics, but it seems that all involved are being very very careful re: the wording of that story.
I'm pretty sure that any contact between a player under contract and another team even if it is done through intermediaries can be considered tampering. Not that the league will do anything about it.
I'm pretty sure it's only tampering if the team initiates the contact. Moss telling a friend to tell the Pats that he would love to play for them, isn't tampering on the Patriots part. I'm not sure what kind of rules there are governing player tampering, but there isn't anything in that scenario that can get the team in trouble.
HERALD HINTS AT MOSS TAMPERING
John Tomase of the Boston Herald has penned a couple of compelling pieces regarding the Patriots' latest acquisition, receiver Randy Moss.
In one item, Tomase talks about the high school incident that might have directly contributed to the cautious, mistrusting demeanor that Moss has projected for more than a decade.
In the other, Tomase suggests that the Patriots might have tampered with Moss while he was a Raider.
Tomase mentions the "T" word in connection with a report from ESPN that Pats coach Bill Belichick worked Moss out during the offseason and came away convinced that Moss still has it. But if the workout occurred after Moss received permission from the Raiders to seek a trade partner, it's not tampering.
The potentially stronger evidence of tampering is the revelation in Tomase's article that Moss reached out to Belichick through an intermediary during the 2006 season. If the Raiders had not given Moss permission to shop himself at the time, and if the New England response was anything more than "by rule, we cannot speak with you or anyone on your behalf," then that could constitute tampering.
But none of it matters. The NFL won't do anything about it, even if the Raiders were to complain. The anti-tampering provision does not stop tampering, because violations of it are never penalized; we're starting to think that the rule remains on the books simply to keep the tampering from being more blatant.
If you read the latest Tomase article, BB was contacted by Moss during the Deion Branch fiasco. Moss told Belichick that he would love to play for the Pats. The Pats didn't trade for him at that time probably because the Raiders would've wanted a 1st round pick.