Randy Moss Waived After 4 Weeks
Published November 1, 2010 | 
After throwing a 3rd round pick at Randy Moss 4 weeks ago, the Vikings have cut the future hall-of-famer from their roster.
In 4 games, Moss had 13 catches for 174 yards and 2 TD’s. He blew a couple of easy for Moss type catches that would have earned the Vikings another win.
This come just hours after Moss made some pretty ridiculous statements to the media on Sunday after the game. He pretty much just talked about how great Belichick was and how awesome of an organization the Patriots were. He also threw in a couple of jabs at the Vikings effort on and off the field. Here’s the transcription of some of his statements:
“Let me hold it down. I really haven’t had a chance to talk to the guys, so this is no disrespect to the Minnesota Vikings and their organization. The captains, Vince Wilfork, Tom Brady, Jerod Mayo, Kevin Faulk, I miss those guys. I miss the team. It was hard for me to come here and play. It has been an up-and-down roller-coaster emotionally all week. Then to be able to come in here and see those guys and running plays that I know what they’re doing. The success they had on the field – the running game – so I kind of know what type of feeling they have in their locker room and I just want to be able to tell the guys that I miss the hell out of them, every last helmet in that locker room. Deion Branch came up to me after the game and I have never really had the chance to meet Deion Branch, but it was definitely a pleasure to meet him. Coach Belichick gave me an opportunity to be a part of something special and that is something I really take to heart. I actually salute Coach Belichick and his team for the success that they have had before me, during me and after me. So I am actually stuck for words, just because there are a lot of memories here.
“To the New England Patriots’ fans, that ovation at the end of the game, that really felt heart-warming. I think I actually shed a tear for that. Like I said, it has been an emotional roller-coaster this whole week. I tried to prepare; tried to talk to the coaches and players about how this game was going to be played – a couple tendencies here and a couple tendencies there. But the bad part about it, you have six days to prepare for a team and on the seventh day, that’s Sunday, meaning today, I guess they come over to me and say, ‘Dang Moss, you were right about a couple plays and a couple schemes that they were going to run.’ It hurts as a player that you put a lot of hard work in all week and toward the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that is when they acknowledge the hard work you have put in all week. So that is a disappointment.
“You know, I can’t really say enough about this team and this organization. I met with Mrs. Kraft before the game, because I didn’t really have a chance to talk to her before I left, and I just thank Mrs. Kraft for the opportunity to let me be a part of something special. The New England Patriots have always been a special organization, and I have always watched from afar.
“When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple of weeks ago, I felt obligated to try and bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota, and this season is still not over. Do I know what next season and the future is going to bring? No I do not, but all I can say is that it is a lot of work that we leave on the field each day. There is a lot of film study that we leave in that room each day. I know how hard these guys work here in New England and the only thing that I really tried to do was take what the best coach in football history has brought upon me, or the knowledge that he has given me about the game of football, and I try to just sprinkle it off to the guys the best way I know how. So I am going to go ahead and end this interview. I have my family to see.
“I am definitely down that we lost this game, because I didn’t really expect us to lose this game knowing that we had a few things that we had to clean up. But like I said, they played a good game. I wish we could have had that three at the end of the half. Maybe it could have been different, maybe not. I don’t know how many more times I am going to be up here in New England, but I am going to leave the New England Patriots and Coach Belichick here with a salute.
“I love you guys. I miss you. I’m out.”
Out indeed. This feels more like the Moss we knew and love at the end of his time in Minnesota and throughout his entire time in Oakland.
Couple this with Childress taking jabs at Favre last week, and you ahve a recipe for disaster for a team struggling for wins and losing hopes for playoffs.
Randy Moss A Viking (Again)
Published October 6, 2010 | 
Randy Moss has been traded to the Vikings for a 3rd round pick in 2011.
Apparently there was some conflict with Moss and the QB coach. For the Patriots, they get another big draft pick, and the Vikings get the most talented WR ever, back on their team.
Favre lobbied to get the Packers to trade for Moss 5 years ago when Moss was traded to Oakland. Now he’s finally got his man. Sydney Rice, who?
After the Oakland stint, people forgot how good Moss was. Then, when he teamed up with Tom Brady, Brady got all the credit. You’ll see now, this closes down the New England offense big time, and Brady’s game will take a big hit.
The receivers now look a whole lot like the plethora of guys they were spreading the ball to during Brady’s first Superbowl run.
Moss will play against the Jets on Monday night. Darrell Revis will not be playing.
A Sad Day For Everyone Not Named Manning or Tavaris
Published August 3, 2010 | 
All reports seem to indicate that Favre is retiring from football and will not be returning to the Vikings.
Now, some of you might be saying, “Finally, now we don’t have to hear about this every day for the next 12 months. Well, it probably only fuels speculation about him coming back throughout the season. But the NFL gets huge ratings boosts from Favre, and so does ESPN and EPN radio by just talking about Favre (and Lebron) 24/7. You might not like either of those players, but you are always intrigued to hear about them and watch them play. It’s just a fact.
Do we buy it? Not really. But let’s assume it’s true and see the implications for other players outside of Mississippi. Peyton Manning’s record hunt and Tarvaris Jackson stand to gain the most from Favre’s departure.
Tarvaris Jackson
Tarvaris Jackson stands to be the only person in the NFL to not lose money and fame from Favre retiring. Favre brings a lot of attention to the NFL and makes everyone richer. Except his back-up QB. Tarvaris Jackson will now start the season for the Vikings. If he has a crappy year, he’ll be in the same exact position he was 2 days ago, a back-up making back-up money. But if Tarvaris has a pretty decent season with all that talent around him, he stand to make some good money on his next contract.
Tarvaris Jackson may actually not like this announcement. He might be such a professional that he wanted the team to win, and knew Favre was about 62% better than himself, and was happy with his back-up role in exchange for a winning atmosphere. But the competitor in everyone makes this unlikely, and Tavaris probably wants to play. I don’t think he’ll be great but he’ll probably lead the team to 9 or 10 games as opposed to 12 or 13 with Favre.
Peyton Manning
Manning will finally have some numbers to shoot for, and won’t have to keeping adding years onto his own career just to outlast Favre. Let’s look at the numbers manning has to beat.
Note: Wins/Losses taken from career W/L Avg. TD, Yds, INT, Comp, Att, and Sacks will be projected from the WORST year Manning has had since 2003.
| Stat | Manning | Favre | Per Yr | Per Gm | Worst Year | GMs Needed | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 131 | 181 | 10.9 | .682 | Avg | 74 | 4.6 |
| Losses | 61 | 104 | 5.08 | .318 | Avg | 136 | 8.5 |
| TD | 366 | 497 | 27 | 1.69 | 2008 | 78 | 4.9 |
| Pass Yds | 50128 | 69329 | 3747 | 234.2 | 2005 | 82 | 5.1 |
| Cons GMs | 192 | 284 | 16 | 1 | Avg | 92 | 5.5 |
| INT | 181 | 317 | 16 | 1 | 2009 | 136 | 8.5 |
| Comp | 4232 | 6083 | 305 | 25.4 | 2005 | 73 | 4.5 |
| Att | 6531 | 9811 | 453 | 37.8 | 2005 | 87 | 5.5 |
| Sacks | 215 | 503 | 21 | 1.3 | 2007 | 220 | 13.7 |
So Peyton is right on his way to take down most of Favre’s records in the next 5 years (at least the good ones). Note that these projections are projected from Mannings WORST year of the last 7 years. Comp, Att, and Yds were all taken from 2005. Int projected from 2009, sacks from 2007, and TD from 2008.
Within 4 years he could break the TD, Wins, Comp and maybe even yards if he has stellar seasons. If his career winds down like most players’ do, hell do it in 5.
If Favre comes back for another year, you can add 1 full year onto each of those projections.
There are some records Manning will never (probably) break. For sacks, the most extreme case, would take 220 games, or 13+ years to get to the Favre sack mark. Also interceptions, will take 9 years to break, and would probably be even longer. Losses are on point with interceptions, would take 8.5 years to break that one, rather than 4.6 years for wins.
So all in all, there are only 2 beneficiaries from Favre retiring. Hopefully he comes back, so we can all be enthralled watching Favre during the season. And that way he won’t have to end on a terrible interception in the playoffs last year.
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Brett Favre, Favre Records, Manning Records, NFL Records, Peyton Manning, Retirement, Tarvaris Jackson, Vikings