Originally posted by U2Kitten
my thoughts on Randy Moss
I can still read the forum logged off, and since you were, even jokingly, interested in my comments on this I want to tell you, and you can post my comments on the open forum if you want.
I used to like Randy Moss a lot in Minn. but he made a complete jackass out of himself and he has really slacked off as a player since. He seems to be blaming everyone but himself, but it's his own poor performance. Now that the Raiders have the #1 pic QB he'll be sorry he left, unless he just couldn't get along with the teammates. Really, I think Moss is a dickhead who likely can't get along with anybody, and never will.
As for his impact on the Patriots, I say as I always have, for EVERY team in EVERY situation, you CANNOT 'buy' a team in football. NBA, yes, baseball, maybe, NFL, no. Why? Because it really doesn't matter in football if you have good stars or not if they don't fit in and 'gel' well together, or function as a cohesive unit. Some players may be very good in one system and suck in another (see Edggerin James, and Moss) That's why, as much as I hate to compliment them, the Pats have done an excellent job with a sometimes ragtag, no name, patchwork bunch of guys. They're gritty and determined and somehow it all works out for them. I really think they'd have been better off sticking to that rather than going out trying to buy a team like Daniel Snyder- and you see how far it got him- nowhere.
It is flattering and funny to know they obviously did this because they are burned that the Colts won and they are not the 'fairest of them all.' But this is not the way to do it. You can't buy an all star team in the NFL because it's not a plug in and go situation, it takes time, teamwork, and chemistry. You can't buy that. Look at all the shitty teams that have done good with that, and all the high dollar 'bought' 'all star' teams that haven't.
As for the Colts, I think they were wrong to let so many guys go. Even though I don't think Harper will be missed because his scrubs saved the big games for the team, I think losing too many was bad for the team morale and community. Sure, those defensive guys sucked the place out last year, but they came together when they needed to and that's what mattered. Losing so many of that group is not good. I also worry that the Colts, since Dungy and Irsay are such gung ho Christians, are worrying too much about a guy's 'character' and are going to end up like one of those companies that snoops into your private life and fires you for not living up to their standards. Take Rhodes, he drunk drove, so what. Does that make him a bad guy? To me, as long as a guy performs on the field, I don't give shit what he does on his own time (within reason of course, no mass murders, etc.) I'm afraid the Colts' holier than thou attitude, and now probably feeling blessed from above and rewarded with their glory, may be even more in that direction to the point where they start to alienate some guys. This worries me.
But you know no matter what it's going to be the Colts and Pats in the AFC title game again. But I could be wrong, they both may not even qualify. We'll see!