Shanahan apparently didn’t like what he saw in sexy Rexy - they are bringing in Jamarcus Russell for a look see.
Lorini
3002
NFL contracts can certainly be guaranteed. In the NBA, they are routinely guarenteed, while in the NFL, a player and his agent need to negotiate that. But if there’s a contract clause guaranteeing payment, then the player gets paid.
I… but… that’s not… how can… shit.
ESPN is reporting that yes, if Moss is not claimed, the Vikes are on the hook for his remaining contract this year–AND–Moss may then sign for $450,000 in addition to that contract with any other NFL team.
Apparently Childress fired Moss in a temper tantrum and a lot of the Viking front office is livid about the situation.
The man probably popped. After all, he was neutered by Favre and had to take it out on someone.
They should have kept him just to open up passing lanes for Harvin. 6 catches this week. Have Moss stand still** until the defense gets wise, at which point you can counter and throw him an easy lob.
** Sitting also works.
Huh, ok. I stand corrected. Apparently, the waiver process is different than just releasing him.
I’d like to see the Rams get Moss. He’s a headache, but they’d simply cut him if he gets too far out of line. I doubt Moss will be available by the time the Rams get a shot at claiming him, however.
It would be good timing for the Rams too. They are down to four WRs, most of whom might not even make the active roster on other teams, and it’s their bye week. Moss would have more time to learn the offense and there would be more time for the Moss news to die down.
I think Moss would sell a few tickets for the Rams too. St. Louis fans are already excited about the team and this would add to that excitement.
It looks as if, of all the teams getting a claim before the Rams, the team most likely to take him would be San Diego. There are reasons the Chargers might not take him, though; even without Jackson and with Malcolm Floyd hurt, they’ve gotten the ball downfield, and the Chargers expect both Floyd and Jackson back in a month. Also, given the drama the team endured with the Jackson saga this year, they may be loath to take on a new drama queen. If the Chargers pass on Moss, he should be unclaimed when the Rams come on the clock.
I wouldn’t think any team would want to take Moss off waivers. Far better to wait until he falls off waivers in a few days and becomes a free agent. That voids his current contract and then teams can try to get him cheaper. The only motivation a team would have to take him off waivers is if they think another team might snap him up at his full contract price and I’m somewhat skeptical of that. A guy who has played his way off two teams already this season can’t be worth that kind of money.
If the guy is desperate to head back to New England, and you’re in their division and don’t want them to get a receiver eager to prove he made a mistake in wanting out, I can see why you claim him. If he gets past the Jets, I will be stunned.
The Rams have lost Donnie Avery and Mark Clayton for the season to injuries. They’ll be without Danario Alexander for another few weeks. Laura Robinson pretty much sucks. Neither Brandon Gibson or Danny Amendola can stretch the field. (At one point on Sunday, The Samchise was 12-for-15 for 58 yards.) Despite not having any NFL-caliber wide receivers, the Rams are 4-4 and in the thick of the NFC West race. They’d hate to pass on Moss and see the Seahawks get him.
Sarkus
3013
I just wonder what, if anything, motivates Moss at this point. Would simply putting him on a contender make him try hard even though he knows he likely won’t be playing for the team in the future? Moss seems primarily motivated to get his next contract, but he didn’t act in Minnesota like someone who is willing to shut up and just perform.
I don’t think the dysfunction in Minnesota helped. The Vikings have a coach who seems to have lost his locker room at war with a QB who doesn’t seem to be able to make the throws anymore with a franchise that was supposed to contend for a Super Bowl but which might not even make the playoffs as things stand now.
That is not a particularly good environment to plug Randy Moss into.
Sarkus
3015
Which means that any marginal team (i.e. Seattle, Miami, Washington, St. Louis, etc.) is taking a pretty big risk in going after the guy compared to a team like New England or the Jets. Any marginal team is pretty much just two losses in a row away from being in trouble, so if Moss is just going to quit when things start going bad then it seems rather pointless. Particularly for a young team where a disruptive Moss seems like a high price to pay for the potential of barely making the playoffs. Sure, you can cut him later like the Vikings did, but by then the damage is done.
Moss is getting a lot of talk on local Seattle radio and it just doesn’t seem like a worthy risk to me. Do you really think the Rams are one WR away from contention? Granted, the NFC West is wide open, but throwing Moss into yet another situation where he doesn’t know the offense and in the midst of a young team still trying to learn how to win doesn’t seem to me like good idea.
The Rams are certainly just a player or two away from making a run at the NFC West. There isn’t a strong team in the division.
Whether Moss would put them over the top is hard to say, but the Rams only have four WRs right now, and two of them, Laurent Robinson and Brandon Gibson probably wouldn’t make another team’s roster. The other two are the poor man’s Wes Welker, Danny Amendola, who is a good slot receiver but certainly not a deep threat, and Mardy Gilyard, a rookie who hasn’t shown much so far. Oh, and the Rams lead the NFL in drops this season.
The Rams enjoy a situation right now with a strong HC that the players play hard for. They have good locker room leadership with Steven Jackson and others. I don’t see Moss causing problems because the players and coaches won’t tolerate problems. They’ll cut him and the last thing he needs is to wash out with another team when he’s looking for a decent contract after the season. He’s Randy Moss, of course, so who knows what he’ll do on any team, but I see little risk for the Rams in grabbing him.
He might enjoy being the #1 WR on the Rams and helping to put them over the top, and in terms of his contract, this is a chance for new owner Kroenke to show the fans he’s willing to spend a little to put a winner on the field.
sluggo
3017
I’d be mystified if any teams on the lower end of the league picked Moss up off waivers. If you’re not a contender, what’s the point of blowing 6 million dollars to rent a problem child for half a season?
And the Rams fall into this category for me. Yeah, thanks to a favorable schedule and an awful division, 9-7 could win the West, but it’s not like they’re actually going anywhere after that. They’ve got a rookie quarterback and lots of holes to fill. They’re quietly headed in the right direction, and the last thing I would want to do is upset that progress by introducing the Moss circus to that equation.
Sarkus
3018
If this piece from Yahoo is true, then the Rams can have Moss all they want.
From the receiver’s uneven effort in practice to his displays of self-centeredness off the field, some veterans believed Moss was becoming a bad influence to young players like second-year wideout Percy Harvin.
Disregard my earlier comments about how he’d be good for Harvin, I guess.
It’s funny because I read some articles about how Harvin was the one who started picking it up the most in practice when Randy Moss arrived. You know, stepping up his game now that there’s competition in town. That becomes almost a tragicomic story, like Harvin as a child getting excited about his alcoholic father returning, before letting everyone down again.
I hope that Seattle doesn’t get him. It seems to go very much counter to everything Pete is preaching there, competition and team. He’s not going to have to do either of those…
