soooo..moss to vikings.......v jax to new england?

[Houston]

From the person who admittedly said they only like to watch football when it's a shootout and who used to say your favorite teams were Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, and Houston.

It's really a matter of common sense. I can show a 12 year old girl Randy Moss and then Vincent Jackson's highlights and she'd even get it right. Hell, I can show a 10 year old girl the stats and she'd be able to look at the TD's and yards and get it right.

You also have to think about the effect they have on a defense. Randy Moss being so good allowed Wes Welker to have some amazing stats. For the 3 years he was there it was the same question and problem for every defense the Patriots faced. "How can we stop Randy Moss deep and still cover Wes Welker?" Without Randy Moss, Welker is a whole lot easier to cover and The Patriots probably don't make it to the superbowl in 07. Imagine the 07 Pats if they had Jackson instead of Moss. Doubt they'd break any scoring records...

Yes Randy Moss isn't in his prime and he may not be the obvious best anymore(still a top 5) but he's still better then Vincent Jackson.

Moss 1 on 1 even against the best CB's is a death wish, Jackson on the other hand is much more easier to stop.

[Aso]

A pointless article. The whole premise is wrong. Judging Moss' effectiveness by "how he fights for the ball" is one of the dumbest things I've heard, because that isn't the key to his success. Moss is a big-play, downfield threat. Even if he has zero catches, the opposing defense still has to account for him.

And LOL at drawing any conclusion based on his post-2007 stats. Moss' 2007 season was one of the best in NFL history. In 2008, Moss spent the entire year getting underthrown by Matt Cassel. To think that Moss would continue along at his 2007 pace and have 1500 yards/23 TDs with Matt Cassell throwing him passes is INCREDIBLY stupid. In 2009, Moss was back with Brady and once again led the NFL in TD catches and had a great year. Moss hasn't played all that well in 2010, but the season is only 4 games old. Sheesh.

How do you know he had a "great" year? Because his catches - touchdowns - yards indicate it? You didn't watch all of his plays from last season. No person that is strictly a fan does even if you are a pats fan there are other things happening on the field and people won't keep track of this stuff. This si why I trust this site a great deal. It also says in '09 they ranked total of 22 out of 107 as a pass receiver alone. That's not bad, it's not great either though.

Moss is one of the most dominant receivers ever to play the game, and he can still make plays in the NFL. However, he’s a negative in the blocking game, doesn’t possess open-field ability beyond his deep patterns, and has been poor thus far in 2010.

His reputation as a dominant receiver still causes some teams to pay him a lot of respect and soften coverage more than his play dictates they should, and his catch against the Jets shows that he is still capable of the spectacular.

For a receiving corps in need of help, Moss should upgrade the Vikings, but if they think they have just traded for someone who can directly replace what Rice brought them last season, they may be sadly mistaken.

This is a site who has watched every play of Moss' through the '08 season.

Against Revis, thrown at 10 times, only 2 catches but because one was a one handed catch it gets replayed over and over and now all of a sudden... OMG Revis got beat, Moss is better so on and so forth.

[Houston]

How do you know he had a "great" year? Because his catches - touchdowns - yards indicate it? You didn't watch all of his plays from last season. No person that is strictly a fan does even if you are a pats fan there are other things happening on the field and people won't keep track of this stuff. This si why I trust this site a great deal. It also says in '09 they ranked total of 22 out of 107 as a pass receiver alone. That's not bad, it's not great either though.



This is a site who has watched every play of Moss' through the '08 season.

Against Revis, thrown at 10 times, only 2 catches but because one was a one handed catch it gets replayed over and over and now all of a sudden... OMG Revis got beat, Moss is better so on and so forth.

What does any of this matter? None of it supports the argument that Jackson is better then Moss....

[Senser81]

How do you know he had a "great" year? Because his catches - touchdowns - yards indicate it? You didn't watch all of his plays from last season. No person that is strictly a fan does even if you are a pats fan there are other things happening on the field and people won't keep track of this stuff. This si why I trust this site a great deal. It also says in '09 they ranked total of 22 out of 107 as a pass receiver alone. That's not bad, it's not great either though.

Yeah, his catches-TDs-yards indicated it. He made the pro bowl. It was his 10th season over 1000 yards and his 9th with 10+ TDs. He opened things up to help Wes Welker have an All-Pro year. Tom Brady also made the pro bowl. I would like to see the 21 better WRs, but I'd guess that they had Welker above Moss, which is a joke. It would also be ironic, because you seem to think that this website goes "beyond statistics", when the opposite is true. Moss' value isn't totally reflected in statistics.

This is a site who has watched every play of Moss' through the '08 season.

Again, for a website that is supposed to be omnipotent, you'd think they would have realized Matt Cassel was Moss' QB in 2008. I also found it funny that the Football Focus asshats had the temerity to inform us that Moss' record-setting 2007 season of 98-1493-23 indeed had him "among the top 10 WRs of 2007". Uh, thanks.

[Esjay]

How do you know he had a "great" year? Because his catches - touchdowns - yards indicate it? You didn't watch all of his plays from last season. No person that is strictly a fan does even if you are a pats fan there are other things happening on the field and people won't keep track of this stuff. This si why I trust this site a great deal. It also says in '09 they ranked total of 22 out of 107 as a pass receiver alone. That's not bad, it's not great either though.



This is a site who has watched every play of Moss' through the '08 season.

Against Revis, thrown at 10 times, only 2 catches but because one was a one handed catch it gets replayed over and over and now all of a sudden... OMG Revis got beat, Moss is better so on and so forth.

How do you know Jerry Rice is the best wide receiver ever? Because the catches, touchdowns, and yards indicate it? I always felt the stats would reflect the guys who played the best on the field. You're argument is so far gone at this point I can't even figure out where to start. 22nd in the league, really? Instead of reading some bullshit stats by some unknown site, think about what the head coaches and gm's would say. No way they're anywhere close to 22nd, bud.

[Houston]

The Raiders lose so much their fans are begining to lose touch with reality.

[NAHSTE]

Let's all make arguments, Aso style.


"How do you know Pujols is the best baseball player alive? Because his batting average, home runs, and OPS indicate it?"

"How do you know Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time? Because his scoring records and 6 NBA titles indicate it?"

"How do you know the Yankees are the best baseball franchise of all time? Because their 27 championships indicate it?"

"How do you know China is the most populous nation in the world? Because its 1 Billion people indicate it?"

[Senser81]

"How do you know the Yankees are the best baseball franchise of all time? Because their 27 World Series titles indicate it?"

"When the Yankees won the World Series in 1978, they were only the 22nd best team in the league that year..."

[Tailback U]

Still waiting for Aso to tell me why the Chargers are leading the league in yards, yards per completion, and passes over 20 yards despite not having Vincent Jackson. You'd think an offense would suffer having lost "the best downfield WR in the game."

Also pay attention to how the Pats and Vikings offensive schemes will completely transform without and with Moss.

You're going to see why Moss, unlike Vincent Jackson, can't be replaced by an undrafted WR out of Wyoming and how his presence transforms the Patriots offensive scheme and how opposing defenses will play the Patriots immediately.

Watch how Peterson and Favre both increase their production almost immediately.

That's the type of shit that doesn't show up on the stat sheet because football nerds who "watch every play of every game" aren't able to measure it.

[NAHSTE]

"How do you know McDonald's is the most popular fast food restaurant in the world? Because the 'Over 1 Billion Served' sign indicates it?"

[Houston]

"How do you know McDonald's is the most popular fast food restaurant in the world? Because the 'Over 1 Billion Served' sign indicates it?"

Blasphemy, Mcdonalds isn't as popular as it use to be so obviously Burger King is more popular now.

[NAHSTE]

Blasphemy, Mcdonalds isn't as popular as it use to be so obviously Burger King is more popular now.

Have you eaten every single burger McDonald's has made since 2007? I haven't, but this third party site which kind of supports my argument (but not really) has, therefore it must be smart.

What I find most laughable about Aso's stance, is despite trying so hard to prove why Moss should not be considered a great WR, he's yet to show us why Vincent Jackson should be considered great, or even better than Moss for that matter.

No, Moss isn't as good as he was in 2007...And Vincent Jackson isn't as good as Randy Moss in 2010.

[Woy]

This argument is too funny.

[Houston]

I'd like to point out that Moss always has a higher Madden rating then Vincent Jackson, it really seals the deal IMO.

[citizenerased]

Jackson caught 21.4% of Rivers completions, while Moss caught 22.3% of Brady's. Why is that 0.9% such a big showing in how much better Moss supposedly is? He caught slightly amount more of his completions. I have also used plenty of factual information. If factual information in this discussion is merely stats then this is a retarded discussion to be having.

Rivers/The Chargers have also thrown more touchdown passes than the Patriots over the past two years (62 to 51), yet Moss has caught 27 compared to Jacksons 16. This is fun.

Also, please go die in a fire.