Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Which #81 do you prefer?

When the season began everyone was concerned about how Randy Moss would fit in as a New England Patriot. There was also concern about the effect Terrell Owens would have on the Dallas Cowboys. Well all the speculation of the two supposed bad boy receivers of the NFL are actually 180 degrees out from all the anticipation.

Now, with 10 games behind them everyone wants to know, “Which reformed NFL bad boy is having a better season?” (NBCSports.com, 2007) or, “Who is the best WR in the NFL?” (FOXSports.com, 2007). Well, who do you think is the best?

After watching the Dallas Cowboys or should we say the Tony Romo and TO show on Sunday, when he caught four touchdown passes, I thought to myself, damn this guy is good and he is even better when he shuts his mouth. But it didn’t stop with the offense, knowing how good he is at jumping for the ball, the Cowboys found it fitting to put TO in the game to help defend the Hail Mary pass.

Later that even, I watched the New England Patriots and thought that it was déjà vu. This time it was Tom Brady and the Randy Moss show. These guys also connected for four touchdowns and almost five. However, when Randy Moss came into the game to defend against a Hail Mary pass, I couldn’t help think that the Patriots watched the earlier Cowboys game. Were the Pats making sure that TO didn’t outshine Randy Moss?

Well, who is better? Below are some stats pulled from Fox Sports Stats to help you make your decision!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/sortableStats?div=NFL&stable=receiving&stat=recYds&dir=descending

NFL SORTABLE STATS, INDIVIDUAL -- Receiving Yards
Rk Name/Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long Fumbles 100-Yd Gms
1 Randy Moss, NE 66 1052 15.9 16 55 0 7
2 Terrell Owens, Dal 58 1028 17.7 12 52 1 5

Fox Sports on MSN. 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007 from http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl.


NBCSports.com. 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007 from http://www.nbcsports.com/portal/site/nbcsports/menuitem.985c117df26e300afafa6d91d0d08a0c/?vgnextoid=6f33d5e59df02110VgnVCM100000dc032c03RCRD&vgnextfmt=default

1 comment:

Julie P.Q. said...

Hm, I don't know! Those numbers are so darn close I can't decide yet. I about spit out my Pepsi when I read the line about TO staying quiet. Isn't it funny that I actually get a kick out of ex-Bronco Clinton Portis and his antics (espeically a few years back), but when TO speaks it reminds me of how horrible he was to Donovan McNabb, one of my favorite all-time players. I guess I've now taken sides and so I'll have to vote for Moss, although I think the Patriots are dunderheads.