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Damn. The Raiders will probably actually be good next year. Moss, Porter, Gabriel and Curry is a nice WR corps. Kerry Collins will probably be a fantasy stud.
P.S.
The Vikings might as well fire Tice now. Without Moss, there will be no winning.
Agent: Vikings to deal Moss to Raiders
JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - Randy Moss is heading to Oakland, the receiver's agent said Wednesday. Dante DiTrapano, Moss' agent, told The Associated Press that the Minnesota Vikings and the Raiders had "come to an agreement on Randy playing for Oakland next year."
Neither the Vikings nor the Raiders would confirm the deal, which was first reported by The St. Paul Pioneer Press on its Web site.
"We have had discussions with the Oakland Raiders, but there's nothing to announce," Rob Brzezinski, Minnesota's vice president of football operations, told The Associated Press.
Raiders spokesman Mike Taylor declined comment on the trade reports.
DiTrapano said he didn't know the terms of the deal, but the Pioneer Press reported the Vikings would get linebacker Napoleon Harris, along with the seventh overall pick and a late-round pick in the upcoming draft.
The deal cannot become official until March 2, the start of the NFL's fiscal year.
"It's just like any other contract. There's a meeting of the minds between the people who negotiate for the Vikings and the people who negotiate for the Raiders," DiTrapano said. "It just hasn't been reduced to writing and it won't be until March 2."
Moss is due to make $7.25 million next year. Harris is due to make $5.41 million.
The flamboyant Moss had been the subject of trade rumors following this past season. He struggled with a hamstring injury, but still finished with 13 touchdown catches. He was fined $10,000 for pretending to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay crowd during Minnesota's playoff win. He also drew criticism for leaving the field with 2 seconds left in a regular-season loss against Washington.
Team leaders Matt Birk and Daunte Culpepper confronted Moss after he walked off at Washington, and the organization's patience with the receiver seemed to dwindle in the past year or so.
"He's my good friend, but you almost get to thinking that maybe enough is enough," Culpepper said earlier this month at the Pro Bowl. "And maybe the Vikings organization has had enough."
DiTrapano said Moss was "very pleased to be going to Oakland and looking forward to playing with a team that's promised they're going to throw the ball deep a whole lot to him and having a chance at winning the Super Bowl."
"He doesn't leave Minnesota with any grudges," DiTrapano said. "It just was frustrating for him to lose."
He leaves Minnesota as the only receiver in NFL history to start his career with six straight 1,000-yard seasons. Last year he had 49 catches for 767 yards and 13 touchdowns while battling a hamstring injury.
On Tuesday, the Raiders re-signed Jerry Porter, their top wide receiver to a contract worth $20 million over five years. Porter could have become a free agent on March 2.
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Damn. The Raiders will probably actually be good next year. Moss, Porter, Gabriel and Curry is a nice WR corps. Kerry Collins will probably be a fantasy stud.
P.S.
The Vikings might as well fire Tice now. Without Moss, there will be no winning.
That was a pretty low price for Moss. Good deal for Oakland.
While my favorite team is the Cowboys, I have always held the Raiders as a close second. I believe this will be a fantastic deal for thier organization a return to a "commitment to excellence" and hopefully the playoffs.
Doug Jolley and Teyo Johnson are pretty f'ing good too. They'll be fun to watch next season.Damn. The Raiders will probably actually be good next year. Moss, Porter, Gabriel and Curry is a nice WR corps. Kerry Collins will probably be a fantasy stud.
Shhh ...... I plan to pick him up off the waiver wire for my playoff run next year.
HAHAHA! Now look what happens!! Vikings rate #4 in the Power Rankings. Think Before you say man!! GO VIKINGS BABY!! (im a vike fan) Oh and uhh, DEFENSE!
Viking have had a great offseason, getting rid of Moss will end up being the best thing they've ever done.
Yeah because you should put a lot of stock in offseason power rankings.
Good thinking.
Uhhhh, NO! Vikes had an awesome talent trapped in a prima donna head case & cut him loose. Moss goes over the middle once every 2 games & if he does more often he alligator arms the pass so he doesn't get BROKEN!the cowboys should have taken randy moss in the draft...
lol
good one, i almost my pants when I saw this thread le.
I was thinking, as I was waiting for the page to load, "Who is Brady going to throw to?"
my eyebrow was peaked
lol @ some of the replies in this thread.
A lot of Dallas fans are going to live and die but hurt that we passed on Randy Moss. I got over it.
Raiders and Vikings both got troll'd in this trade.
lol..someone's bored as .
Fantasy football is gay.
About as gay as how much you think beating all of us at Madden makes your bigger
You get a new 360, so I could curbstomp you at Madden yet?
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