What If...Randy Moss signed with the Eagles?

I'm the first to admit this isn't likely to happen. Once you've got Tom Brady locked down, you don't go leaving. It makes you bitter, and makes everyone re-evaluate what was then discussed as the best period in your career. (for further examples, see Bridget Moynahan. Is she even a movie star? C'mon, "I, Robot" is her best movie. )

Now, McNabb is different than Brady in a variety of ways. Donovan McNabb is not America's sweetheart. He doesn't seem to fit what everyone wants him to be as a quarterback. Unlike Brady, he is "mobile." There are complaints that he doesn't throw a "catchable ball." He has appeared in approximately zero magazine adds with a goat. I don't think he knows how to "smolder." These are significant obstacles to overcome.

However, what McNabb CAN do is throw a pigskin a country mile. This fact is relevant because Randy Moss can outrun a hypercaffeinated gazelle, and outjump... well, he can jump really high, too. In professional football, this translates into scoring many, many points. Scoring is sometimes a problem in the NFL (see Philadelphia Eagles circa 2007).

Randy Moss also brings something to the table that the Eagles haven't had since T.O. left. Some people call it cockiness, some people call it swagger, I call it "talent." You need a guy on the team that will talk some smack, and then actually back it up. You need a guy that the defensive simply cannot ignore. You need a legitimate wide reciever to take some of the pressure off of Brian Westbrook, before he just snaps in offensive meetings and strangles someone.

Now, on the negative side, supposedly Randy Moss doesn't try all the time. He loafs on running plays - no problem, we don't run the ball. He sometimes doesn't sell his routes as hard as he should - no problem, that ball is only going to be catchable about half the time anyway. He is generally agreed upon to be a "bad person" - no problem, Kevin Curtis spends his free time rescuing kittens from trees and feeding the homeless.

Randy Moss has done things no human being has ever done before. He caught 23 touchdowns in a single season. He was expelled from Florida State in the early '90s for drugs. Doesn't that sound like someone you'd want on your team?