So there you have it fans. No more talk about how the Patriots are different from everybody else. They very well may be better than everybody else, but talent seems to be the only measurement for a Patriots jersey in 2007. And most fans will be OK with that. Foxborough Sundays this fall are going to be wildly entertaining.
Close your eyes and imagine Tom Brady throwing to Moss. There'll be no more worries about "stretching the field." No more dependence on the guy (Reche Caldwell) with the Calvin Schiraldi Eyes. Moss has 101 touchdown receptions in his nine seasons. He may have lost a step, but he's way better than anyone the Patriots have and he gives Brady a weapon he's never had. It's likely to bring out the best in Ben Watson, too.
Moss's rap sheet goes back to his teen years. He went to jail for 30 days when he was a high school senior after pleading guilty to an assault charge. A positive test for marijuana while he was in jail added 60 days to his sentence. In 1996 he was charged with domestic battery after an altercation with the mother of his two children, but the charges were dropped (as they so often are in those cases). Then there was the Minneapolis arrest for nudging and knocking down a female traffic agent with his car in 2002. There was a little weed in Randy's vehicle, but we doubt it was his stuff. No big deal.
There's also Moss's multiple crimes against sport. He's the guy who left the field in a game against the Redskins when there was still time remaining on the clock. Video inspection regularly reveals him taking plays off when he is not a primary option. He doesn't like to block, and his "I play when I want to play" remark is not something you'd expect to hear from Rodney Harrison or Tedy Bruschi.
Oh, and then there was the episode in Green Bay when he simulated mooning the fans and using a goalpost to wipe his butt. Sheryl Crow might have applauded the act in the interest of paper-saving, but Joe Buck aptly described it as "disgusting."
