...and honestly think the Bears would be as good as the Packers are now if Chicago had traded for Randy Moss. Instead, Lovie Smith let his best runner get traded away to the Mangenius, who, in turn, blew his season early by letting Pete Kendall get so fed up with his terrible contract. In the Jets defense, no one forced Pete Kendall to sign the terrible contract in the first place. From Kendalls point of view, no one saw Guards as big money players until the Vikings bent the rules and stole Steve Hutchinson from the defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks. When Shawn Alexander went from Superman to Clark Kent overnight and the Vikings run offense was turbo-charged at Hutchinson's arrival, Guards like Kendall were doubling and tripling their salaries in free agency.
Kendall eventually whined his way to Washington, effectively killing any Jets running game, especially when coupled with Chad Pennington's noodle arm. Ironically, Kendall moved to one of the few teams that has suffered more than the Jets. The Redskins underperformed even before the strange and horrific murder of their best player who was only twenty-four years old and the beginning of a Hall of Fame career.
Contrasted against the above mentioned teams that lost Pro Bowl players are the Patriots. The Patriots released former All-Pro Corey Dillon and added Randy Moss 3.0 (with new options such as "God Mode"), Adalius Thomas the fast linebacker (who will be filling in ably for the injured Rosey Colvin), Wes Welker who plays like a young and even quicker version of Troy Brown, Dante Stallworth who impersonates Reggie Bush/Dante Hall after he catches the ball, and they even managed to retain the services of Asante Samuel for one more season. Another key acquisition for the Pats was picking up San Francisco's first round draft pick.
We are now officially the most spoiled fan base in the world.
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