Randy Moss Gone: Why Patriots Need To Trade for Vincent Jackson

October 6, 2010   ·   Dominic Perilli   ·   Jump to comments

Earlier today, when news broke that the Patriots traded Randy Moss to the Vikings for a third-round pick, I had some pretty mixed emotions.
My initial reaction was that I would be able to break out my old purple Moss No. 84 Vikings jersey.
Then, after jumping around like a kid on Christmas for a few hours, I realized that the Patriots are in for a world of hurt.
Even when Moss wasn't making plays, he was making plays happen. Defenses are so busy covering Moss that they sometimes forget about Wes Welker, Aaron Hernandez, Julian Edelman, and the newly-emerged Danny Woodhead.
Now that you take away Moss, you are left with Wes Welker as the primary receiver and with a shaky run game, I'm not sure that's the best scenario. 
Calling the Patriots! Calling the Patriots! There is a 6'5" receiver in lowly San Diego who is pretty unhappy right now. If you are willing to shell out that third-round pick and maybe some more, the Chargers may hook you up with Vincent Jac...

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