What this all means for Moss?

The big question of course is can he stay healthy? If he can I believe he could have a nice season with all the other weapons around him now and a more wide open offense.

I think more options in the offense helps him out health wise there will no be not to much strain on him to make plays and he will take less of a beating because of it

Moss reminds me of Mark Brunell. That seems ridiculous but let me explain. Back in 2005 when Brunell threw 23 TDs and took us to the playoffs, he was completely, 100% healthy. He had no knee pain. Whenever the guy had the slightest bit of pain in his legs, he was no longer able to step into his throws or move in the pocket properly, and consequently he looked like a high school QB.

Moss is the same way. When his legs/feet are 100% pain free, he's a top WR in the game, because he can push off and change direction so suddenly, not to mention flat out burn dudes downfield. But way too many times he has some sort of nagging problem, a hamstring, a toe, a knee, whatever. He's never at 100%.

I don't have high hopes for him. I see him getting hurt for us at some point this season. At times he'll be great, and at many other times he'll disappear.

You bring up a real good point here. It's just how the guy is built. He's always going to have some kind of injury and that is why we drafted two wr's in the 2nd round.

You bring up a real good point here. It's just how the guy is built. He's always going to have some kind of injury and that is why we drafted two wr's in the 2nd round.

Yeah. I mean don't get me wrong, he's still the best WR we have by a long shot. Hopefully Thomas and Kelly turn into something, but right now they're just rookies and rookies rarely light up the field in year one.

I also don't think the team is writing Moss off just yet, he's still viewed as our top WR and is heavily counted on. But he does need to show that he can be available and a strong contributor even when hurt, or he's in danger of being on the outs.

I personally see iffy production from all of our WRs this year. I think the new offense is going to take time to click, Campbell will go looking for his WRs but won't always be confident that they're on the same page, and Cooley will be picking up a big part of the slack as Campbell will use him as a safety valve more and more.

So that leads me back to the running game. We go as Portis and the line go, West Coast Offense or not.

Moss is easy, jam him at the line and double team him. That has been the opponent's method since he came here and it has been successful. With a huge target in Kelly, and a quick, large target in Thomas, added with a true slot burner in ARE, there will not be enough CB's to hang with Moss. He will have a bounceback season to remember and I think he will have the opportunity to silence all of his critics for years to come. And speaking of the Green Bay game, Moss was injured during that game. If not for him we would not have had even 3 healthy receivers. He blew that game for us but his heart was there. With no O line and Green Bay's run stopping dynamics, we couldnt utilize Portis like we wanted to. We hung in there though and put up a fight IMO.

Honestly, I think our rookie WRs will shine initially when Moss is taking double coverage away from them...

Honestly, I think our rookie WRs will shine initially when Moss is taking double coverage away from them...

I can live with that too. If thats the case it will vary from game to game. For every double team there will be an open WR who can take it to the house.

Honestly, I think our rookie WRs will shine initially when Moss is taking double coverage away from them...

Highly doubtful. The last rookie WR to truly "shine" was Anquan Boldin.

Highly doubtful. The last rookie WR to truly "shine" was Anquan Boldin.

Marques Colston might disagree. But, of course, you are right that most don't do all that well.

Honestly, I think our rookie WRs will shine initially when Moss is taking double coverage away from them...

Personally, I'm not expecting much from either of these guys this year. Rookie wr's never ever do shit the first year of two. Even Calvin Johnson struggled last year.