Randy Moss, team captain. You read that right. That Randy Moss. The one who walked off the field before the end of the Vikings-Redskins game on "Monday Night Football." The Randy Moss who sprayed a referee with water, faked mooning the fans at Lambeau Field and admitted in Oakland to taking plays off.
Now that quarterback Tom Brady, the other offensive team captain, is sidelined for the year with a knee injury, Moss has been thrust into a position of leadership that he has embraced in New England. And on Wednesday, he tried to set the tone for the rest of the 2008 season. Rest assured, he said, the Patriots still were the favorites in the AFC East.
The play and leadership of Randy Moss will be key for Matt Cassel to be successful.
Moss held his first-ever conference call with the national media Wednesday as a way to exert his new position of table setter for the Brady-less Pats.
"I think the New England Patriots are still the team to beat," Moss said. "We did have a big loss in Tom Brady, but we still have 10 other guys out on that field to go out there and make it happen. Tom was a big, big, big component to executing, and making our offense move. So now with him gone, we just have to find other ways to make that offense move. We're still the team to beat in this division."
Moss was asked what it will be like to make the switch to quarterback Matt Cassel, who has thrown just 72 passes since he was the starting quarterback at Chatsworth High School in Northridge, Calif., eight years ago -- 33 as a backup at Southern Cal and 39 in relief of Brady in New England.
"I really don't know," Moss said. "I'm used to working with Tom."
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