Moss not Brady for MVP

Randy moss entered the NFL and helped create a dominant offence out of nowhere. He turned Randall Cunningham from a granite counter top salesman into one of the leagues elite for a year. He made Culpeper seem brilliant. And well healthy in Oakland made Collins seem respectable. And now he has turned a very good, meticulate, calculating offence into an unstoppable juggernaut.

A true superstar can always produce. In the face of team’s game planning to stop him, he will still make plays, put up numbers and create opportunities for his teammates. In essence he always gives his team a chance to win, by making incredible plays and making everyone around him better. And to a T, this is what Randy Moss is doing for the 2007 New England patriots.


This is hardly a rags to riches story, but consider that the patriots have offensively remained more or less the same the past few years, and in comes moss. Now, all of a sudden Brady is having a season for the ages, far beyond anything he has accomplished before statistically. He has already eclipsed his career touchdown mark, and we are only halfway through the season. Stallworth and Welker, although they are considerable upgrades from last years receiving core, are also having career years. They are enjoying the benefit of single, off the ball coverage (as press is impossible as the safeties need to sit too deep on moss) and running wild in open space. And even in the urn game has benefited. Be it Maroney, Faulk, Morris etc. any running back in the New England scheme is picking up key yardage when called upon. If the NFL started a stat for assists, Moss has helpers on just about every td, and at least 90% of the first downs for New England thus far this year. And what about his own performance while drawing all of this attention from the defense? Oh he is merely leading the league in tds, yards and amongst the leaders in receptions. He has glided past triple coverage to catch a deep ball. He has sat in double coverage and merely extended his arms to make a play. It seems like whenever Brady tosses a ball his way, regardless of whether the ball is on the money, over or under thrown, moss some how emerges from the slew of defenders in attempted coverage and makes a play.

The 2007 New England patriots, barring competition from the Indianapolis colts may go down as one of the best teams, if not the best team of all time. And if there is any justice, any amount of true football know-how amongst the MVP voters, Randy Moss not Brady, will win MVP.