I thought it might be so when I heard the news. I wondered after the first game of the season. Now I’m sure: Randy Moss was the steal of the off season.

He’s a jerk. He’s egotistical. He only plays when he wants to. All these things are true, but, damn: when he wants to play, he’s still one of the two or three best wide receivers in the league. The Patriots got him for next to nothing (which was fair since his value to the Raiders, a team that he didn’t want to play for, was next to nothing). As long as balls keep coming his direction (don’t get all excited there, Mr. Craig) and as long as the Patriots keep winning, he’s going to be a tremendous asset to an already powerful team.

I think that anyone who thought he had lost a step or any of his skills has been proven about as wrong as they could be; Randy Moss is back and he’s looking damned good.

Which doesn’t explain why San Diego is looking pretty vulnerable at this point of the season. Does anyone think that they might be missing the consistency and continuity that a certain former coach might have provided?

Just wondering.