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patriots.bostonherald.com — growth minimal: First camp looks like slow-motion replay By Michael Felger / Patriots Insider Boston Herald Patriots Beat Columnist Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Updated: 06:29 AM EST F OXBORO - If you want to get excited about Randy Moss and what he ll bring to the Patriots [ team stats ] in 2007, here s a bit of advice: Don t watch him practice. That was the impression made during the four days ...

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  Not sure if anyone gives 100% in minicamp. Guess Felgy feels he has to pick up Borges' slack.

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Morning Hash
ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog — ... At least one writer wasn't impressed with Moss' debut in New England.

Randy Moss Did Not Impress in First Patriots Practices
FanHouse — ... Since the Patriots made a draft-day trade for wide receiver Randy Moss, the reports out of New England have been almost universally positive, and it's been widely assumed that Moss would make a big impact on the Patriots' offense. But one observer, Michael Felger of the Boston Herald, is skeptical . You'd have thought Moss would have taken the opportunity to make an early statement, maybe run from drill to drill across the field, lead the sprints at the end of practice, blow by the slower and smaller players trying to cover him, whatever. Show a little hustle. Little things. But it pretty much was the opposite. Moss was content to remain in the pack. He never was first in line. He certainly didn't make defensive backs look foolish. Aside from climbing the ladder once or twice on high throws, he didn't give any hints of his prodigious physical gifts. It's true the entire proceedings were run at about three

Tuesday a.m.: On Giants’ All-Star prospects
Morning Buzz — ... That isn t a very good move for anyone who wants to play football in San Francisco. But then, how much does Lelie want to play, hasn t that always been the question? Meanwhile in New England, while some reports fawned over the possibilities Randy Moss brings, this guy focused on the actual Randy Moss and didn t find so much to actually laud. Too bad that writer wasn t working for the Raiders two years ago. (Are reports like these, in June, completely panicky and perhaps irrelevant to the regular season? Yeah, probably. But the NFL s the one that opened OTA access to the media masses. So all s fair.) Killion notes that

UPDATE: Familiar Words on NFL.com
Football Outsiders — ... Good. I wonder if Brandt was punished in any way by NFL.com. As for the NFL dead period, what about an XP on the story linked in my name, which says Randy Moss was dogging it at Patriots minicamp? This story seems to counter conventional wisdom (cough MMQB cough), which gushes that the Patriots had THE BEST OFFSEASON EVER (in large part due to the acquisition of Moss) and suggests that the Patriots can start making space in the trophy case for another Vince Lombardi trophy next February. :: Marko 6/12/2007 @

For the love of God ESPN! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP!
Stampede Blue — ... . It's the second article on Adalius Thomas ESPN has run in less than a week. I guess with Randy Moss acting like a spoiled child at mini-camp, ESPN feels the need to switch gears and pump up the other Patriots off-season acquisitions. Here's ESPN's frontpage today, June 13, 2007:

10 Darts at the NFL Board
Empty the Bench — ... - Surprise surprise–criticism of Randy Moss is already rolling in from Boston.