"It's MOSS-ome in New England"

All day long I hear from "haters" who say that it is inevitable that Randy Moss will eventually "lose it" and turn into the Randy Moss of old. I invest some time to defend the notion that this will not occur (and YES! I have drunk the "kool-aid").

I realize what happened between he and Duante, he and Oakland as a whole, and He vs. Patriot's training camp, however, I think there are five major reasons that he will turn a corner at New England.

1.) The precedent has already been set! (Bryan Cox, Corey Dillon) There have all ready been people who were deemed "selfish and team-breakers" that have come through the organization and changed their approach dramatically.

2.) Veteran Leadership sets the tone on both sides of the ball. There is a reason that Troy Brown is on the roster and it has nothing to do with his ability to play both sides of the ball. When it comes to leadership, Junior Seau, Rodney Harrison, Tedi Bruschi, Tom Brady, Richard Seymour, nor Bill Belicheck himself will not stand for his little tantrums of old.

3.) Too much bling on other's fingers. There are enough Super Bowl diamonds in that locker room, it could support the economy of most third world countries. Like the woman on Napoleon Dynamite who was "excited" about getting a model of a sailing ship when listening to Uncle Rico's sales pitch, Randy "wants that!!!!"

4.) He realizes that there is plenty of talent and competition that he doesn't stand out amongst the crowd...Donte Stallworth, Wes Welker (the hardest working white boy with a WR number), Kelley Washington, Troy Brown, Jabbar Gaffney, and Ben Watson. He has to work harder to get more time..

5.) Although he doesn't get 15 touches...with Tom Brady and arguably the best offensive line in the league, he doesn't have to. He gets 6 - 8 touches, has over 100 receiving yds and 5 TDs in three games.

Say what you will, maybe next year he reverts (call it the "Corey Dillon" syndrome), but for 2007-2008, there won't be any nuclear meltdowns.

Statistocrat