Fellas below are my thoughts... In short, I am not happy with the compensation for the deal, but understand the logic and it makes sense. If there is a lockout next year...Moss will not be back until he is 35 years old.
Calvin Tate is the future. Three returned kicks in 4 games : - )
Guts, I think the Pats know that they are to young on the defensive side of the ball to win a title this year, and they are planning for 2011.
The good:
The Pats now have 2 picks in every round of next years draft.
2 1's
2 2's
2 3's
3 4's
etc
Randy has been whining and crying because the Pats are going back to their old ways. Spreading the ball around. They have a lot of new weapons: Hernandez, Gronc, Edelmen, Woodhead, Welker, BJGE, Tate. Randy has become a distraction and a drama queen.
Last week the Pats scored 40 points vs the Dolphins with moss not having a single catch
They paid a 4th for Moss, got over 4000 yards of production and over 50 td's. They gained a 3rd round pick for a 33 yr old wr. Not a bad rental.
They have said they are not going to sign him to a long term big money deal and he's a free agent. He would have walked at the end of the season.
The bad:
D's will now key on Welker more...unless Tate can continue to stretch the field
A second rounder would have been better compensation. That being said, with a lockout pending it might have been tough to get someone to cough up that high a pick.
He's Randy Moss, ob he will be missed.
The Pats are YOUNG. Losing another vet might be a bad thing...unless the reports of him causing trouble in the locker room are true.