Bevell not easing Moss into things

Randy Moss had zero catches in his final game in a Patriots uniform last week against Miami. Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said that won't be the case when Moss makes his Vikings season debut Monday night against the Jets.

"Immediately you start to draft up things to try and get him the ball," Bevell said Friday. "You don't want to come out of a game and have zero catches. You'd like to be able to factor him in in any way and put the ball in his hands."

Moss will have had only three practices before Monday's game and he's learning a new system and new verbiage. Bevell said Moss might need to rely on Brett Favre and the players around him at times for help on his assignments. But Bevell said Moss won't be limited in the game plan.

"We're going to do as much as we can," Bevell said. "Obviously the whole playbook is not going to be open. But there's going to be a lot that we expect of him. He's a unique individual. He's a unique player. Obviously his height, his speed, his ball skills. Just another piece to the puzzle to be able to have a playmaker to try and get the ball to."

Percy Harvin said Thursday that Moss' arrival means he'll be able to play in the slot a lot more now. Bevell acknowledged that likelihood, but he said he wants to move Moss and Harvin around to keep defenses on their toes.

"We don't want to get too specific and say, 'Hey, he's always going to be here,'" Bevell said. "Then defenses have the ability to say, 'Alright, do we want to take Percy Harvin out? Or we can double here or double over there or only single this guy.' We kind of want him to be 'Where's Waldo?' a little bit. Maybe put Randy inside at times, put Percy inside at times and move them around. It will be harder on coverages."

Much of the talk since the trade has focused on Moss' impact on the passing game, but the Vikings believe he'll also help the running game because teams will have to play more honest and not crowd the box to stop Adrian Peterson.

In other notes from the Friday's media session:

** Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said he's not sure if rookie cornerback Chris Cook will be available after experiencing more problems with his right knee. "We were on the bye week and I get a call that something is going on with him," Frazier said. "I'm not certain when it happened. Whether it was during the [Detroit] game or post game that he begin to feel the effects. Hopefully we can get him out there. This is a week we'd love to have him."

** Frazier said cornerback Cedric Griffin played more than the coaching staff expected against Detroit in his first game back from ACL surgery. "We went into it thinking start him off a series or two and maybe rotate some of the other guys in there," Frazier said. "We also said we'd ask him after every series, 'What do you think, how do you feel?' He kept saying, 'Hey coach, I can go. I'm fine. No problems.' To my amazement he finished the game, which none of us really thought that he would be able to do."

** Peterson said he talked to LaDainian Tomlinson during the Vikings recruitment of the free agent running back in March and was hoping to have the future Hall of Fame as a teammate. Tomlinson picked the Jets after visiting both teams. "I had an opportunity to talk to him and said, 'Hey, this is a place you want to come join,' " Peterson said. "I'm all in for it. It's a guy that I grew up watching, I have a lot of respect for. He's from East Texas area also. I would welcome him with open arms."