Caserio on Moss.

Patriots' personnel chief Nick Caserio, who also moonlights as an assistant coach at times, was asked during today's conference call with the media what his take was on the Randy Moss situation. His response (according to a transcript provided by the Patriots):

"I think from my perspective, with all due respect, without rehashing what happened last week, here’s what I think about Randy and him as it relates to our team: Randy has been a productive player for us since he’s been here. He’s been one of our most consistent players and I think just like anybody on our club – and you can go through probably any particular player and earmark a few plays – but everybody has some good plays and everybody has some bad plays. But the thing about him is – and there’re a lot of plays in that game, you know, because there have been a lot of things brought up. There’re a lot of things in that game that he did really well that helped our team, that helped our club, whether it was make a block here or run the route and carry the rest of the defense with him in order for [Benjamin] Watson to get open. So the reality is that Randy is a great player. He’s as productive a receiver as there is in the league. I think he’s what - sixth in the league overall in whatever it is, yards. The reality is this year, for Randy, in terms of production, in terms of what he’s done for this team, is really no different than what it’s been in his career. And we’ve had our moments offensively, too, with Randy. You go back to the Miami game where he caught the 60-yard touchdown pass or whatever it was and the rest of the game they did some things to take him away, and we did other things, so…"