Jim Trotter Cannot Be For Real!
Posted: November 24, 2007
I
just read the most ridiculous, outlandish, bunch of nonsense that I
have seen in a long time. Jim Trotter, a writer for Sports
Illustrated, wrote an article entitled, No MVP For Moss,
about why Randy Moss does NOT deserve the league MVP. Is he serious?
He had me at a lost for words for a few moments ( and believe me that
is not easy to do). Jim Trotter come back to reality with the rest of
us please. I enjoy his style of sports writing, but this must have
been all that he could come up with before a deadline because the
reason as to why he believes that Moss should not receive the league
MVP is preposterous.
"He basically quit on his previous two
teams and said on multiple occasions he only plays hard when he feels
like it," is the reason that Trotter gives for believing that Moss does
not deserve consideration for the league MVP. Well, Trotter, please
allow me to give you a reality check. You admitted in your story that
the league is a business. It is about the bottom line. Just as with
any business, if you are an asset to your company, not only should you
be compensated for the work that you do, but that company should give
you the tools that you need to get the best production possible from
you. If Moss had a decent QB that could be protected by a decent
offensive line long enough to get the ball to Moss, maybe he could have
been more productive and less frustrated. And to blame the loss of
jobs on Moss is really going too far. Remember that the owner of the
Raiders is still Al Davis. He gives coaches a year to work miracles.
Al Davis is too involved as an owner and he is the sole reason for loss
of jobs, not Randy Moss.
Yes, football players are a little
too pampered for my taste, but these are men who have become accustomed
to winning. So many boys begin playing football at a very young age
and only the best are recruited to college and that group becomes even
smaller when it comes time for them to enter into the NFL draft. The
ones who make it are the best at what they do. If I am the best at my
company, but I am not given the adequate tools in which I need to
succeed, then (pardon my french) you are damn right I am handing in my
two weeks notice and going where I am appreciated and allowed to reach
my full potential.
Moss is now with a team that not only
appreciates him, but has given him all of the necessary tools that he
needs to succeed. The key letter in MVP is the V. We all know that it
stands for valuable. I am willing to step out and say that Moss is the
most valuable person in the league. I believe that what Tom Brady,
Brett Favre, Terrell Owens, Antonio Gates, Adrian Peterson (before the
injury), and others are doing this season is amazing, but Moss is the
reason (and Trotter admits to it in his article) that the Patriots are
10-0 this season. Moss is a threat to every defense in the league. He
forces you to decide if you will put two or even three men on him which
will open up the rest of the Patriots offense for Brady to work his
magic. Even when a defense attempts to focus most of their energy on
Moss, he will still come up with big plays. He is the reason that the
great Tom Brady is having an even more amazing season than he usually
does.
What happened in the past is not happening now. Moss has
found a place in which he is allowed to reach his full potential. He
values his team and they value him. His past seasons are not what we
want to look at for the league MVP. We want to know why should a
player be considered the most valuable player of the league THIS
season. Forgive, forget, and allow Moss to continue to amaze you this
season Mr. Trotter. Just be happy that we are all alive to witness it
first hand.