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RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - poutlipper - 11-02-2010 11:40 AM
(11-02-2010 11:33 AM)chazmataz Wrote: so that leaves two who won't consider him. Knowing one of those is Childress, who is the other? curious to see everyone's opinion
I think he was implying the other would be the Patriots. Although, if he clears waivers, I could see him going back to the Pats.
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - papachaz - 11-02-2010 11:51 AM
(11-02-2010 11:40 AM)poutlipper Wrote: I think he was implying the other would be the Patriots. Although, if he clears waivers, I could see him going back to the Pats.
i wondered myself if he was referring to the Pats, but I've seen a couple of sports shows last night that had them listed as possible....who knows
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - Tandy - 11-02-2010 11:53 AM
Not unusual. I'm sure EVERY coach on every team discusses any quality player who is available on the waiver wires as a matter of course.
They'll look at what he offers, what he costs, what chemistry he brings to the team, what the team needs are, what the team scheme is.
Our coaches are certainly discussing him .....
They'll ask questions like - Would he help us get where we are going? Would he be worth the chaos which may ensue? Would he "fit" in our offense? Is he a good blocker? One of the things about Falcon receivers - they MUST block. Will he open up our receiving game more than Jenkins, White, Douglas and Gonzalez are doing now? Will there be time for him to adjust to our protections, routes and offensive style?
Then they'll make the best decision they can based on the answers they come up with in that meeting.
However, we are pretty far down the waiver wire - SO even if they did all that AND determined he was a fit - there is still a very slim chance he slips down the waiver wire to where we sit.
RE: Minnesota Releases Randy Moss.. what??? - kibitzer - 11-02-2010 12:04 PM
According to the talking heads' article, Taints or Chiefs are most likely landing spot. I'm indifferent as to him becoming a Falcon, but if anything probably leaning towards "no". He just seems like a box o' chocolates now.
We better hope the Taints or the Bucs don't end up w/him, though.
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - Peyton - 11-02-2010 02:43 PM
(11-02-2010 11:53 AM)Tandy Wrote: Not unusual. I'm sure EVERY coach on every team discusses any quality player who is available on the waiver wires as a matter of course.
They'll look at what he offers, what he costs, what chemistry he brings to the team, what the team needs are, what the team scheme is.
Our coaches are certainly discussing him .....They'll ask questions like - Would he help us get where we are going? Would he be worth the chaos which may ensue? Would he "fit" in our offense? Is he a good blocker? One of the things about Falcon receivers - they MUST block. Will he open up our receiving game more than Jenkins, White, Douglas and Gonzalez are doing now? Will there be time for him to adjust to our protections, routes and offensive style?
Then they'll make the best decision they can based on the answers they come up with in that meeting.
However, we are pretty far down the waiver wire - SO even if they did all that AND determined he was a fit - there is still a very slim chance he slips down the waiver wire to where we sit.
I doubt it. The Falcons are one of the very few teams that I think probably won't discuss it at all. The Falcons owner has specifically told Moss "we're not interested" in the past, and I am sure all of the coaches and management knows that, so I doubt it is a conversation that even takes place.
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - TonyGraziani - 11-02-2010 03:31 PM
(11-02-2010 02:43 PM)Peyton Wrote: I doubt it. The Falcons are one of the very few teams that I think probably won't discuss it at all. The Falcons owner has specifically told Moss "we're not interested" in the past, and I am sure all of the coaches and management knows that, so I doubt it is a conversation that even takes place.
When? And what was the context?
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - zigg zagg - 11-02-2010 09:37 PM
(11-01-2010 06:27 PM)Tandy Wrote: I know. I actually was NOT singling you out in my original post - I was speaking of the outbreak we have EVERY time a player is possibly, potentially or is available.
On the OMB - that's all you see for days. It takes over.
I really admire Randy Moss. I believe him to be one of the very best receivers to ever take the field in the NFL.
If we signed him, I would be happy as a pig in slop. I'm not kidding about that.
I just get frustrated with the bombardment of threads over and over every time someone is mentioned as a possibility.
(11-02-2010 03:31 PM)TonyGraziani Wrote: When? And what was the context?back before randy was shipped to oakland. all the true falcon fans were begging for even an ncaa caliber receiver. moss stated he wanted to come to atlanta to play with vick because we didnt have any good wr's and blank pretty much told him to fuck off. not in those words but the same sentiment. i believe it was 05. our wr corps was putrid, dropping easy passes left and right.
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - kibitzer - 11-02-2010 10:30 PM
(11-01-2010 03:49 PM)Peyton Wrote: I agree. As juicy as it sounds, it just wouldn't work.
At this point, I am just hoping he doesn't become a Buccanneer.
(11-02-2010 09:37 PM)zigg zagg Wrote: back before randy was shipped to oakland. all the true falcon fans were begging for even an ncaa caliber receiver. moss stated he wanted to come to atlanta to play with vick because we didnt have any good wr's and blank pretty much told him to fuck off. not in those words but the same sentiment. i believe it was 05. our wr corps was putrid, dropping easy passes left and right.
I thought it was before he went from Oakland to the Pats, but will defer to your memory. Will also vouch for the talk/controversy from fans wanting him here vs saying he was a bum. I was in the "whiny bum" camp, because he'd been a bum in Oakland. Then he went to the Pats, and ended up being a solid contributor. Lost the attitude, and kept his trap shut. Winning does that for Randy. You see what losing does for him.
I still think he's a loose cannon. Helluva great FB player. High risk for any team who doesn't have a solid history of proper management and a winning record. Bad fit here, in other words. Or at minimum, perhaps "too soon"?
RE: Jeff Fisher thinks "Maybe 30 Coaches" will consider Moss - Peyton - 11-03-2010 08:48 AM
(11-02-2010 10:30 PM)kibitzer Wrote: Then he went to the Pats, and ended up being a solid contributor.
LOL I am going to go ahead and nominate that as a potential candidate for "Understatement of the Year".
Moss wanted to come to Atlanta when he left Minnesota. This was his exact quote regarding the situation:
"So I did have dreams and high hopes of being traded to the Atlanta Falcons, but the president and owner of the Atlanta Falcons (Arthur Blank) told me specifically that he does not want me in Atlanta, there's nothing that I can do to Atlanta and he wished me the best of luck. He did not think that Randy Moss would be a good fit in Atlanta."
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Since that happened, 3 different teams have sent Moss on his way, so I am 100% certain that Blank's mindset on the matter would not have changed.