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===2007===
 
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With Moss unhappy again with his situation once again, the Raiders began looking for possible teams to trade Moss to. On the morning of April 29, 2007, just before the second day of the [[2007 NFL Draft]] began, the Raiders traded Moss to the [[New England Patriots]] for the Patriots 2007 forth round draft choice<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2853116</ref>. He said after the trade, "I was very overwhelmed. I'm still in shock at the same time and I can't believe I'm a Patriot... Let’s put it this way…The Moss of old is back."<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=25032&pcid=41</ref>. In his first game as a Patriot vs the the [[New York Jets]], Moss caught nine passes for 183 yards and a touchdown<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=3012178</ref>; the third highest receiving yardage total for a game in his career. It had been uncertain before the game whether or not he would actually play since he had missed all four of the Patriots preseason games after suffering a hamstring injury early in the [[Patriots Training Camp|Patriots training camp]]<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/09/09/randy_moss_thomas_jones_active_for_patriots_jets_game/ Boston Globe, Dennis Waszak Jr, AP Sports Writer, September 9, 2007, "Randy Moss, Thomas Jones active for Patriots-Jets game"]</ref>.  
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With Moss unhappy again with his situation once again, the Raiders began looking for possible teams to trade Moss to. On the morning of April 29, 2007, just before the second day of the [[2007 NFL Draft]] began, the Raiders traded Moss to the [[New England Patriots]] for the Patriots 2007 forth round draft choice<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2853116</ref>. He said after the trade, "I was very overwhelmed. I'm still in shock at the same time and I can't believe I'm a Patriot... Let’s put it this way…The Moss of old is back."<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=25032&pcid=41</ref>. In his first game as a Patriot vs the the [[New York Jets]], Moss caught nine passes for 183 yards and a touchdown<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=3012178</ref>; the third highest receiving yardage total for a game in his career. It had been uncertain before the game whether or not he would actually play since he had missed all four of the Patriots preseason games after suffering a hamstring injury early in the [[Patriots Training Camp|Patriots training camp]]<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/09/09/randy_moss_thomas_jones_active_for_patriots_jets_game/ Boston Globe, Dennis Waszak Jr, AP Sports Writer, September 9, 2007, "Randy Moss, Thomas Jones active for Patriots-Jets game"]</ref>. In the week two regular season game vs the [[San Diego Chargers]], Moss caught eight passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/17/unstoppable_brady_leads_patriots_over_chargers/ Boston Globe, Mike Shalin, September 17, 2007, "Unstoppable Brady leads Patriots over Chargers"]</ref>. 
    
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