Football: The Offseason

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The Minnesota Vikings have reached an agreement in principle to trade Pro Bowl receiver Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders, a source close to the situation told SI.com on Wednesday.

The deal involving Moss cannot be consummated until March 2, the first day of the league's new financial year. But a source of the trade talks between the Raiders and Vikings said a trade is "likely" and that compensation has been agreed to. The Vikings will receive Oakland's first-round pick this year (No. 7) and an unidentified veteran player -- possibly linebacker Napoleon Harris -- and a 2006 draft pick.

"There are still some hurdles," the source said. "It's not a slam dunk. But the deal is in place."

If completed, the trade of Moss will give the Raiders one of the deepest receiving corps in the NFL. Oakland reached a contract agreement Tuesday with potential free agent Jerry Porter.

It is not thought that potential Minnesota owner Reggie Fowler will have much to do with the deal, despite his earlier claims he would not be willing to part with Moss.

"Red McCombs is still running this team," one source within the Vikings organization said. " I would doubt that Fowler had much to do with it at all."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/don_banks/02/23/moss/index.html

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[Imran Siddiqui]

Man, McCombs is such a *****! I wonder if the NFL steps in and says no. They can do that if they wanted, IIRC. Or at least ask the new owner if he approves.

[Dis]

great idea.

am I the only one who doesn't like Randy Moss?

I'll take T.O. over im any day.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Why don't you like Moss? I'll take him on my team! The guy is a gamebreaker.

[Dis]

how many superbowl rings does he have?

and don't tell me they didn't have the talent. They had it in 98, and they should have beaten Atlanta.

[Imran Siddiqui]

How many Superbowl rings does T.O. have?

That's not a good argument. Marino has none either, but I sure as Hell would want him if my team wasn't that great.

[-Jrabbit]

Moss is a significant part of what fowler is buying. If he's not accorded the respect to have input on the actions of the lame-duck profiteer McCombs, the NFL would be open to a major lawsuit.

IMHO

[Imran Siddiqui]

Maybe not a lawsuit, but he could decide not to buy the team after all. After all, he hasn't bought it yet and thus has no legal rights to check trades.

[Kidlicious]

I wouldn't want Moss or TO on my team unless I could get them cheap and I really needed a reciever. Those guys hurt their team almost as much as they help.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, T.O. REALLY hurt Philly last year! Get real, Kid!

[Kidlicious]

Philly was only a little better with him than without him. There was a lot of **** going on with him on the side lines. People don't like him and they don't want to play with him. That affects the team.

[OzzyKP]

The Lions appear to be in the market for Jeff Garcia or Kurt Warner.

[-Jrabbit]

Kid -- "A little better" is what it took to get Philly to the Super Bowl.
How can that possibly be a bad thing????????

In our next life, I hope we both come back as GMs in the same league. I will PWN you.

[pchang]

Can Kerry Collins still throw the deep ball?

[Ming]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Philly was only a little better with him than without him.

McNabb finally had a real target to throw to. In addition, he "woke" the other lame receivers out of their stupor... as they tried to prove they were worth throwing too. By just having him on the field, they finally had a receiver who would require double coverage... making Westbrook that much more effective on the run, and as a receiver out of the backfield.