Randy Moss released

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Originally Posted by Ralphy Boy

I'm tired of hearing that he "takes plays off", most receivers do this and with Randy, he has shown before that this can work in his favor. The DB thinks its a run play or whatever because Randy doesn't floor it off the line, then the DB thinks the play isn't going to Moss and they run coverage the other way and the QB hits him deep.

With a creative OC, that could/can present opportunities for single coverage, provided the pass protection is there. Granted that is something that would happen more so on a broken play when the QB scrambles but still. I really don't care if he dogs it when the play is a run or on the opposite side o

Not that I'm condoning Moss taking plays off, or--more accurately--jogging out a route once he knows it's not coming his way--but, when your job is to run as fast and as far as possible on every play, you probably get tired of doing it (literally, as in, physically it's too much to handle at age 33 as compared to when he was 23).

And, again, whether or not he takes a play off, while morally questionable, almost has no bearing on his play. He still commands attention, he still commands double teams, he still opens up space underneath. I hear a lot about his numbers being down, but what he contributes in this manner isn't measurable on a stat sheet (just as Deion Sanders' contributions as a shut-down corner weren't as measurable because they simply didn't throw at him as much).