It seems like yesterday that the commissioner announced JaMarcus Russell as the first pick of this year’s draft, and only a few hours ago ESPN was making a big hubbub about the Michael Strahan saga in New York. Incredibly enough the 2007 NFL season is already 25% complete. Where has the time gone?

Over the course of the first 4 weeks of the season there have been plenty surprises and disappointments. First, you have Brett Favre who only 6 months ago was a phone call away from saying good bye to the Packer faithful and enter retirement. However, over the last 4 weeks, Favre has suddenly turned back the table of time and is showing the same type of leadership and NFL greatness that lead the Packers to a Super Bowl championship in the late 90’s. Now on the other hand, you have the San Diego Chargers who in a lack of better words have completely sucked, plain and simple.

Clearly, there will be plenty of discussion to debate who has been the greatest disappointment up to this point in the season, we can leave that for another blog. However, I would like to focus on the player who I believe is the NFL MVP of the first quarter of the season. For some they may say that Tom Brady has been playing better than ever, or Peyton Manning is continuing this season without missing a beat since the Super Bowl. To most people this may be a shock, but I believe Randy Moss is far and wide the best player in the NFL. Not only is he the best, he is the most valuable and crucial component to any teams roster at this point in the season.

If you look at the numbers Moss has put up since the first week of the season, they are almost unbelievable. Through 4 games, Moss is on pace to shatter almost every single season receiving record and if he continues at the same rate he is right now, he may contend for the all-time single season touchdown record established by LaDanian Tomlinson.

Setting statistics aside, I believe Moss is hands down the most valuable player in the league based upon the way he is single handedly changing defensive schemes. Each team the Patriots have faced thus far, have had almost no ability to effectively rush Tom Brady, and they have done nothing to stop the offense from scoring. Some of that success can be attributed to Brady’s ability to manage the game and the play calling from the offensive coordinator. However, if you look at the way teams have had play conservative D because of Moss, it is hard to argue the value he has provided to his team so far.

To be continued….

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