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Chris Mortensen on D&C: Randy Moss griping not ‘Patriot Way’ 10.06.10 at 8:37 am ET
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ESPN’s Chris Mortensen joined the Dennis & Callahan show Wednesday morning to talk about the rumored Randy Moss trade to the Vikings. To hear the interview, visit the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page.

Mortensen said his sources are telling him the deal will go through Wednesday, and the analyst tried to explain why the trade will be made.

“I think if you just look at the DNA of the Patriots, from the owner Bob Kraft to Bill Belichick, and Jonathan Kraft and what have you — from Week 1 when Randy Moss decided to make a very clear statement that, ‘Yes, I want to be a Patriot but I want to be a contract but I want a new contract,’ that’s just not the Patriot Way, is it?”

Added Mortensen: “The contract thing probably was going to rear its ugly head more than one more time this year.”

Mortensen said there were signs on Monday night that Moss was being iced out of the offense, on a night when he had no catches and the Patriots posted a big victory over the Dolphins.

“Belichick was as happy as I’ve seen him,” Mortensen said. “Outside of the four AFC championship game and three Super Bowls, it’s about the happiest I’ve seen him look. And I think it was because, it was like, ‘All this work we’ve done, these young guys are starting to come around,’ combined with the fact that they had made a decision clearly a couple of weeks ago — especially when Minnesota got involved and they could not acquire Vincent Jackson — that Randy Moss was going to be out of town.”

Mortensen said he doesn’t believe the Patriots will in turn acquire Jackson, the suspended Chargers receiver, as some have speculated. He also said he didn’t consider the Patriots a Super Bowl-caliber team, but their performance on Monday bumped up their contending status.

“What I saw the other night, I said, ‘OK, you know what, of the top six teams or seven teams that I see as Super Bowl contenders, maybe I can still put the Patriots in that group at the bottom. And if you get young guys who get better, and Tom Brady is the best at what he does, and Belichick is the best at what he does. So, anything can happen.”

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  • http://none normt

    STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! Why trade this guy now when you have to play AGAINST him on holloween! Why not wait until he cant return to burn your ass. He will run all over the Pat’s when he returns, mark my words. The Pat’s pass defense is horrible as it is now so how are they going to stop Moss when he plays against them. As I say STUPID MOVE at this time.

  • nfour92

    Hey this trade came when the patriots saw that they do not really need randy moss. I know he usually took a couple defenders out of the play but now teams have no Idea where they are going to throw the ball to. Randy is a great player but I think as we saw when Randy was thrown to many times in the Jets game they always had him covered. So I think its a great move and may make the Patriots a better team overall.

  • http://www.comcast.net Ken H.

    One question, who now on the roster can do what Moss does and bring his skills to the table? Remember, Brandon Tate has not been able to stay on the field for two seasons. Next question, why Minn.? They would have gotten a third round compensatory draft pick anyway, so why trade him to a team that you play later in the season for a third round pick? This sounds like still another example of BB the General Manager screwing things up for BB the Coach (see the draft choices since 2006).

  • nfour92

    Well look he created all kinds of contraversy starting right after the first game of the season. I mean Tate isn’t 100% reliable but who knows maybe this could help get logan mankins back on board. The patriots already looked like they were trying to phase out randy somewhat. Maybe he complained about not getting any catches against miami or having only two touchdowns this season. He is still a diva WR and the patriots rarely like to deal with that type of player for too long.

  • NHRICH

    Unless someone, including reporters, have been a party to ALL the conversations between Moss and the Pats, we don’t know the whole story of this trade. You can demonize BB, the Krafts, but don’t try to say they don’t want to win more Super Bowls. This trade may not make sense to us fans, but the leadership wants to win. Perhaps Moss’s request for a trade included an implied threat of more tirades or worse during the season. Let’s wait and see how this all plays out before we hang anyone.

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