Randy On The Radio....

[Angry Pope]

Moss holds his tongue

September 15th, 2006

Randy Moss did his weekly spot with Fox Sports Radio Friday afternoon, managing to keep whatever doubts he had about the direction of the Raiders franchise to himself.

He described the Raiders as being like a “deer in the headlights'’ against San Diego. “I think we were talking a good game, but once the light came on, we were like stunned and shocked,'’ Moss said.

Moss said the Raiders practiced in pads twice this week and expected them to have a better chance to meet the challenge physically against Baltimore.

Only once did Moss seem bound for controversial territory. When asked what he was saying to quarterback Aaron Brooks on the sideline, he said he was, “just basically letting him know how it is around here.'’

Which of course prompted the follow-up question, “How is it around there?'’

This time, Moss caught himself, making sure to leave out references to eggshells and things being fishy.

“Aw, man, I really don’t want to get into that,'’ he said, veering into an answer about how games sometimes went badly and had to be put aside and that he told Brooks he was expected to be a leader.

 

[Crossbones]

Randy knows he's been on the edge lately. He's tying to keep this shit inside him.

I've been feeling in the last couple of weeks that it's just a matter of time before he really explodes and says something he's gonna regret. He almost did last week...

We gotta win.

 

[Turo]

Or at least look remotely respectable out there, even in losing.

 

[Crossbones]

Hey I'm content to listen to Al introduce HOF inductees and talk about the greatness of the Raiders...how we always want the best players, the best coaches and want to play in the biggest games .......For now I guess that will have to do. What this organization is good at right now is living in the past.

24 years and counting. That's a long friggin' time.

 

[RaiderIVlife]

Or at least look remotely respectable out there, even in losing.

It's pretty sad when we're not neccesarily looking to WIN, we're just hoping to avoid further humiliation. Damn.

 

[Rupert]

Hey! From humiliated, respectable is a step up. We can't look for leaps and bounds. Although it would be nice, I think that would just keep the pendulum swinging, and I'd rather it was a steady climb than up-down inconsistency.