What If The Patriots Had Drafted Randy Moss?

[Bradyking12]

We could of took Randy Moss in the '98 draft, Vikings took him at pick 21, we picked at 18 and we take Robert Edwards :/ why is beyond me but imagine we take Randy Moss instead of Robert Edwards, Brady wins more Super Bowls
Oh and the 2006 AFCCG goes in our favor

 

[farn]

For all of Moss' skill and production, he had off field concerns. This includes going to Marshall because these concerns prevented him from attenting other schools with bigger programs.

In passing, I'm not a big fan of "would of".

 

[RobertWeathers]

Who knows but I'll guess.

Randy would have ran roughshod over Stinky Pete and Notorious BIG. Terry Glenn as his mentor? Ugh. I don't think it would have been ideal.

Not sure how a young Randy would have handled a Weis offense with a ball distribution philosophy. Rand wanted his touches. Not sure how a young TB would have handled that.

I think BB would have had zero patience for that...ala Glenn

 

[Jackson 2]

For all of Moss' skill and production, he had off field concerns. This includes going to Marshall because these concerns prevented him from attenting other schools with bigger programs.

In passing, I'm not a big fan of "would of".

Neither am I.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

A prime Moss with Brady?

25-27 TD 1700-1900 yards breaks every single season record

 

[Bruins29]

I kinda like the 3 superbowls in the first 5 years of TBs career. Lets hear the argument that Moss would have guaranteed more success than that.

 

[Jackson 2]

For all of Moss' skill and production, he had off field concerns. This includes going to Marshall because these concerns prevented him from attenting other schools with bigger programs.

In passing, I'm not a big fan of "would of".

Or "could of took"...

 

[Tunescribe]

We could of took Randy Moss

Could have taken.

 

[Joey007]

What if Curtis Martin never left New England?

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

If Randy Moss gets drafted by the Patriots, then Drew Bledsoe becomes an elite passer, puts up impressive numbers, and likely keeps his job. Meanwhile, Tom Brady either stays a backup or is starting on a different team.



....beware of unintended consequences

 

[Bruins29]

Brady wins more Super Bowls

1. TB won 3 out of 5 his first 5 years
2. TB had a great Moss when TB was a better QB then when he won his Superbowls and no Superbowls with Moss.
3. Moss has no superbowls

The "he would have won more superbowls" is horseshit. The odds of Moss sticking here for 6 years and not pissing off someone is remote. This Madden revisionist history, stat driven, crap is tiresome.

 

[NashuaPats]

He and Bledsoe would have put up impressive numbers, but never would have won a Super Bowl. Pete Carroll would have won enough games so that he would not have been fired after 3 seasons, but 4 or 5. Belichick would have stayed with the Jets who would have drafted Brady. The Jets would have won 13 division titles and 4 Super Bowls while the Pats would have been through several head coaches by now. We'd have a crap team and would have watched our QB butt fumble as well as many other embarrassments. And we would hate Brady and Belichick.

Thank God we didn't draft Moss.

 

[Jackson 2]

1. TB won 3 out of 5 his first 5 years
2. TB had a great Moss when TB was a better QB then when he won his Superbowls and no Superbowls with Moss.
3. Moss has no superbowls

The "he would have won more superbowls" is horseshit. The odds of Moss sticking here for 6 years and not pissing off someone is remote. This Madden revisionist history, stat driven, crap is tiresome.

Good points, and this just occurred to me: if it's 1998 Pete Carroll is his coach. Randy would have run over Pete the Poodle like he was prime roadkill...

 

[Bruins29]

We have 4 SBs and how many AFCCGs and an overall record of WHAT? And someone is whining that we "shoulda, coulda drafted Moss?"

Seriously? W T F ??!!

 

[Bruins29]

Good points, and this just occurred to me: if it's 1998 Pete Carroll is his coach. Randy would have run over Pete the Poodle like he was prime roadkill...

Yep, that would have been a mess.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

1. TB won 3 out of 5 his first 5 years
2. TB had a great Moss when TB was a better QB then when he won his Superbowls and no Superbowls with Moss.
3. Moss has no superbowls

The "he would have won more superbowls" is horseshit. The odds of Moss sticking here for 6 years and not pissing off someone is remote. This Madden revisionist history, stat driven, crap is tiresome.

They could've just as easily as won titles without Moss (in fact, they won 3!!) but if Moss plays in 2006, there's no way we lose the AFC Championship game.

That was really the turning point...the Pats realized they needed Brady to have an elite wide receiver to win a shootout in big games

And by that point, Moss had matured and was available on the trade market

In other words, the cirumstances had to be just right for it to have worked

 

[Gronk]

Forget Moss in the '06 AFCCG, if they just had Branch there's no way they'd lose.

I don't think he would've sucked in NE, nor been so amazing that he'd have saved Pete Carroll or Drew Bledsoe's job. But I think it's unlikely he would've stuck around under BB any longer than he did in real life. '07 was amazing, '08 was fun but...y'know, '09 was transitional, and by the time that transition started to manifest itself in '10 he didn't even make it to October. While the Patriots era through the Moss tenure was strange, it was hardly a poor situation for a superstar WR with a high football IQ. The offense was being re-tooled but he was always going to get his, he was playing with the GOAT QB and HC (and he knew as much), and could've helped that team in '10 in particular over the top. The better angels of his nature just only hold out for so long.

Moss ended up in the right place with Dennis Green and Cris Carter. I feel ridiculous saying it in retrospect because those guys (RIP Denny) kinda come off as douchebags but he toed the line and thrived as a football player while that structure was in place in Minnesota. Once it was gone and he had Mike "Randy Ratio" Tice in place and Carter was retired to Miami, Randy was supposed to be the veteran leader and the wheels eventually came off. That being said, the "mooning" in Green Bay that probably cemented his way out of MIN to OAK and then NE led to maybe 2 of the best NFL moments ever - 1) Joe Buck's lame outrage as the scene unfolded, and 2) If you don't write checks how do you pay these (NFL) guys, Randy?: "Straight cash, homey". And I will always love the guy because he was as fun to listen to and watch off the field as he was mercurial on it.

 

[Bradyking12]

Come to think of it, it was good that we did'nt draft him because then Bledsoe would of never lost his job or got hurt cuz moss had nobody throwing to him in vikings so ot wad actually good thing we dont draft him kinda like back to the future where it create dark alternate realty

 

[strngplyr]

They could've just as easily as won titles without Moss (in fact, they won 3!!) but if Moss plays in 2006, there's no way we lose the AFC Championship game.

That was really the turning point...the Pats realized they needed Brady to have an elite wide receiver to win a shootout in big games

And by that point, Moss had matured and was available on the trade market

In other words, the cirumstances had to be just right for it to have worked

Moss had done the opposite of "matured" and that is why he WAS available. BB took a chance, like he likes to do. Moss came to a winning program, with one of the leagues best QB's in 06, and showcased his high football IQ and was content with winning and setting records.

Let's not pretend he was available because he became more of an adult, he walked off the field and quit on oakland, and some say he almost was cut before the 07 season after he missed all of PS with an injury.

 

[Gronk]

Come to think of it, it was good that we did'nt draft him because then Bledsoe would of never lost his job or got hurt cuz moss had nobody throwing to him in vikings so ot wad actually good thing we dont draft him kinda like back to the future where it create dark alternate realty

It's true that Moss was a king-maker of lesser QBs than Bledsoe or Brady, but it didn't prevent those QBs from losing their jobs, getting injured, or getting coaches fired.