Randy Moss Lies

I don't know why fans still think the sport - football in this case - starts and finishes between the white lines, during game play only.

Athletes are athletes on and off the field. Sports are sports in locker room, press room and the playing surface.

The Patriots won today. Good for them. They won 38-24, in week 1. They could go 14-2, and they could go 6-10. Neither would surprise me. Neither will have anything to do with what Randy Moss said after the game.

Moss was a big part of the win - he clearly is still a fantastic player. Their success will be in part due to how well he plays, and he has feelings. He has emotions. He also has a reasonable desire to take care of himself.

Moss isn't a Patriot only from 1pm - 4pm, Moss is a Patriot 24/7. He is allowed to complain about the organization, team and his situation as much as he wants.

Why aren't people killing Logan Mankins for his childlike antics. Why aren't people killing the Kraft oligarchy for theirs?

We are dealing with very selfish people. Ego people. This is always going to be a difficult pill for fans to swallow, but you have to swallow it. We used to live in a world where you could enjoy an old fashioned ball game on the field and that was that...but that isn't sports life anymore.

Sports is the game, the contract, the negotiation, and everything in between.

What Moss did in the press conference today was no more offensive to me than a dropped ball on the field. I think the coaching staff, GM, President and players themselves feel the same way, but that's just me.

In his own words, which fans need to hear, "This is not football, football leaves you in college and high school. This is a job, Man."

Randy is right. Listen to him and get used to it. You're going to hear a lot of that this season and into the off-season, and you'll be hearing it 12 months from now when all of these greedy gentlefolk are complaining about how to divide up the cash pie. Randy will look like a saint compared to these owners, and you'll be pining for his crooked Giants cap.