Philadelphia is a beautiful place to be these days. It's attracting anyone and anything looking for a big, shiny ring. One of these things may be, the one, the only, the future hall of famer… BRETT FAVRE! No, we’re just kidding, not even Smokin’ Joe and HowiEmazing would add another quarterback to the depth chart, but there may be another veteran “retiree” making his way to Philadelphia. Randy Moss may be pulling a Brett Favre and coming out of retirement to try and make a difference for THE contender of the 2011 NFL season. And of course, I am not talking about the Packers or the Patriots; I am talking about the Birds. There were reports from the Boston Herald on Wednesday that after Moss had officially retired, the Eagles offered him a contract anyway to try and bring him to the Nest for a year deal, which would officially end any speculation that we wouldn’t win the Super Bowl this year. Then, after those reports on Wednesday, local sports talk radio stations in the Philadelphia area had rumors swirling that Moss was spotted in a downtown steak house getting a nice dinner (which no doubt was a result of signing a million dollar deal). These are exciting, and may turn out to be complete bullshit, but lets for a second just speculate and dream that this is true. What would that mean for the Eagles as an offense?
1. Remember that shitty year that Brent Celek had last year? Yeah, well if we can sign Randy Moss, that year will be a repressed memory just like I do with my memories of the Phillies growing up. Moss will bring size and strength into the red zone. Brent will be free to be covered by some second rate run stuffing linebacker who will undoubtedly lose his jock strap on the field with Celek’s athleticism. That will increase our red zone efficiency and improve our amount of wins by a lot of the course of an entire year.
2. A second thought would be hopefully giving some of our receivers a bit of a rest. Lets be honest, we have three really good receivers right now (Jackson, Maclin, Avant), but that is all we have for right now. After that, the talent drops off tremendously (with the exception of Riley Cooper who will turn into a nasty redzone receiver with some more experience). This will give us the availability to swap out the receivers and as the game goes on, we will be fresher than the dbacks forced to cover our plethora of talented receivers. This will also help with the question marks surrounding Jackson and Maclin. If Maclin continues to fight illness throughout the year, who knows how much he will actually be able to give on a game by game basis. Also, if Jackson holds out and comes into camp late, we won’t know if he is in game shape right away and could need some breathers throughout the season. This could be a huge help for us.
3. Finally, at this stage in Randy’s career hopefully he would be a good teacher to some of the younger receivers on the team. In particular, I would hope Riley Cooper would learn a lot from the future hall of famer. They can essentially be the same receiver- big, physical in the redzone with some speed and strength. It would be huge if Riley could continue to grow and learn how to play that receiver position from one of the all-time greats.
Now that all that has been said, this is completely dependent on the fact that Moss doesn’t come on the team and act like a complete asshole, which he has been known to do in the past. He has shown that he can be a ticking time bomb to any team, even one with as good a core as we have in Philly. As long as he doesn’t come on the team and yell at coaches or at the quarterback or at the nice man who brought free food to the team post game, than he could be a huge asset on a team that already has a ton of talent. If the rumors are true (and I did hear it from a reliable source, my buddy Matt who I work with), then we could be in for an exciting rollercoaster ride of an NFL season.
No comments:
Post a Comment