QUOTE: I vividly remember an episode of NFL Matchup on ESPN last year, when Ron Jaworski and Merrill Hodge broke down NFL coaches tape of a Viking game. The issue was the effort Moss displayed on that tape when he wasn't the player getting the ball. It was pathetic.
Within two weeks, HBO's Inside the NFL did a similar piece on Moss' effort. That was the show when Chris Carter went off on Randy.
RESPONSE: Cris Carter is an idiot. Hoge is a Moss hater. This was a classic piece of Media Moss Hate.
People believed this BS. After this came out reporters went to veteran WRs in the NFL. Guess what they said every all WRs take plays off occasionally when they are run to the other side. And that if they broke any WR down like that did Moss they would see a similar things.
After this controversy Madden did a Minnesota game. Madden noted that the reason MOSS TAKES PLAYS OFF IS BECAUSE HE RUNS MORE DEEP PATTERNS THEN ANY NORMAL NFL WR DOES. So he needs to get breathers cause he is going deep down field over 20 more times then normal WRs do - he would do it all the time.
QUOTE: But it doesn't really matter. Moss and Minnesota are stuck with each other. The Vikings paid him so much money he's nearly un-tradeable. So much money, they can blame his contract when they remain non-competitive in future years, while they battle for a new venue in "the land of 100,000 taxes," that will never be built.
RESPONSE: No they can't blame Moss' contract. The last 3 years the Vikings have been 2nd in cap money two times and are number 1 in cap money this year.
QUOTE: Red McCombs will not allow the team to be successful while he begs for a new venue, since the reason a new venue is needed, is "to be more competitive." Minnesota will build a new venue, once the Vikings have moved to LA, and the only way to get the NFL BACK in Minnie, is to have a venue first.
RESPONSE: Minnesota has a lot of financial problems that cannot afford 1 new stadium let along 3 (The Golden Gopher and Twins both require new ones). The team would already be in LA he had an offer from the S Young group but he could not sell because the team has an unbreakable lease until 2011. Nothing can happen until 2011.
Red buys teams in order to sell them. The ONLY reason he wants a stadium is to get an extra 200 million when he sells the team.
The reason the team is non-competitive is because he doesn't want to spend his own money. So when he does sell the team he gets maximum profit. A GM, a top notch coach and coaching staff, a quality front office, quality FAs bonuses are not covered by the cap that money comes out of pocket and would reduce his profits. All that money he spends comes out eventually of the profits he sells the team for.
