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Originally Posted by sebastian0622
And the reason I say that is that it isn't just Moss leaving Minnesota. Look what happened to Jeff Garcia after T.O. left him. Look at what Collins did before Moss. Look for what McNabb did before T.O. Look what happened to Montana when he left Rice.
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Jeff Garcia isn't a good example, since he changed teams entirely. Besides, Garcia's passer ratings in the last two years before he and Owens left the Niners were 85.6 and 80.1. Last year in Cleveland he was at 76.7 and this year in two games he's got 75.0. A decline, sure, but he was already in serious decline before he left the Niners.
McNabb's rating certainly shot up, as has Collins's in a small sample size. As for Montana, I'm not sure I'd want to hang too much of an argument on a 37-38 year old guy who switched to another (worse overall offensively, not just in terms of not having Jerry Rice) team and still put up 87.4 and 83.6 as his ratings in his final two seasons.