Project 2

"Randy Moss sounded Sunday like a man who realized he's made a mistake. Instead of running routes for a 6-1 football team that has legitimate Super Bowl potential, he is on a sinking Vikings ship that is 2-5 and taking on water. Moss, meanwhile, still hasn't gotten paid, still doesn't have big numbers, and still doesn't feel respected."

At this point I don't think Randy Moss is worried about getting paid or having big numbers. After spending three and a quarter seasons in such an elite organization and then going to such a poorly run one, he realized why Bill Belichik does what he does. Belichik cares only for one thing, and that is winning; and there isn't another coach in the league that knows how to do that like him.

If Moss was catching bombs from Favre and scoring touchdowns he might not have called out Vikings head coach Brad Childress in a post game press conference, but his admiration for Belichik shown in that same rant says it all. The Patriots organization makes it's players feel like they are part of something. Part of something bigger than themselves, making them sacrifice all individual needs creating a true brotherhood. This brotherhood is the formula Belichik has used the past decade to turn fifty three players into one solid machine. And Moss truly misses this. This is from his post game conference:

"..So I kinda know what type of feeling they have right now in the locker room man and I just want to be able to tell the guys that I miss the hell outa them. Every last helmet in that locker room man...Coach Belichik, he gave me an opportunity to be a part of something special and that's something I really ta..take..take to heart. I actually salute coach Belichik and his team for the success they've had before me, during me,and after me."

Translation: "Damn, I wish I was a part of that win with those guys. Coach Belichik gave me an opportunity to be a part of something special, and that's something I really took for granted. I now realize that coach Belichik is the main reason for the success they have because they are still winning without me, and I miss that success."

After listening to that press conference you can tell that Moss truly misses being a Patriot. I don't think he's thinking about catches or money, he's simply thinking about what he called "The team." It might be too late now for Moss to start thinking like a Patriot again. For three seasons he kept his mouth shut and was an exemplary Patriot; at the beginning of this year he lost touch with what it meant to be a Patriot in Belichik's system, and that press conference was Moss telling Belichik, "I truly respect you and I'm sorry for breaking your code."