It's time to open the car wash again in New England, the one run by Bill Belichick.
Here's how it works: Any player acquired by the New England Patriots who has any problems, whether off the field or on the field, goes through the wash before showing up to play.
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| Randy Moss gave the Raiders more heartaches than production the past two seasons. (AP) |
Randy Moss is ready for his wash after being acquired from the Oakland Raiders for a fourth-round pick. His might be an industrial-strength cleaning.
But you watch and see how clean a player Moss becomes in New England. All the moaning and complaining and loafing and lack of production he's had at times in his two other stops in the NFL will stop with the Patriots.
It stopped with Corey Dillon. It stopped with others, too. Bad players suddenly make plays. Good players become even better.
The griping Moss did in Minnesota and Oakland won't play in the New England locker room. A lot of that has to do with Belichick. But it also has to do with peer pressure.
When you walk into that locker room, he sees players who have been winning, with three rings to show for it, and so they're just players who go about their jobs without creating problems.
The players don't really like Belichick, despite what you might think. They play for him, respect him, but don't believe that there is this warm, fuzzy relationship.
That's where veterans like Richard Seymour, Ty Warren, Tedy Bruschi, Mike Vrabel and Tom Brady come into play. They're all good guys and hard workers -- and that rubs off and is far more valuable than anything Belichick can say or do, other than cutting a guy.
So for all those who think Moss to the Patriots isn't a good move because he's a locker-room cancer, think again.
It's a great move.
Randy Moss for a fourth-round pick? Are you kidding me?
