Sick and tired?

First of all I wanted to apologize for not blogging in the last week. Even though nobody reads this blog (at least they don't comment) as a journalist it is my job to update more frequently. That being said let's get to it.

The New England Patriots must be awful sick of losing to the Indianapolis Colts. On Sunday, they picked up a talented yet troubled wide receiver in Randy Moss. Moss was great in Minnesota. He came out and did his job each and every week, but he NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. Bottom line. You can be a good player, but until you win a championship you will never be a member of that elite class.

He was traded to Oakland, a place everybody, including Moss, thought he would succeed. I mean the Raider nation personality and Moss' personality go hand in hand. But it did not work out, and Moss was not happy about it. He would stop running routes in the middle of games, and start to pout on the sideline. Is this really a guy to take a risk on? For a fourth round pick absolutely, but what about some of the other things the Patriots have done this off-season. They signed Adeylius Thomas of Baltimore and Dante Stallworth of Philadelphia; two guys that have been known for attitude issues in the past. Then, on Saturday, they drafted a player in Brandon Merriweather, who has serious problems. If you remember the brawl between Miami (Fl) and Florida Atlantic this past college football season, Merriweather was the guy stomping on people with his cleats. What? New England is going to pick a guy like that with its first round draft pick?

In my opinion the Patriots organization wants another championship, and they want it now. Bill Billicheck probably thinks he can handle the attitude issues because he has done it in the past, but this was different. He handled Corey Dillon just fine, but that was one issue. And he was giving Dillon the ball all he wanted it. Look what happened as soon as Lawrence Maroney came in last year and took away some of his playing time; he hated it and wanted out. You don't think that is going to happen with Randy Moss, Dante Stallworth, Wes Walker, Javar Gaffney? Brady is famous for hitting all of his receivers, will Moss be okay with that? What about the fact that Moss is known to be a long ball guy while Brady likes to move down the field with short routes? What New England has done is risky at best, so don't pencil them into the Super Bowl just yet.