NEW YORK -- Randy Moss had only three days of practice in a new offense and with his new quarterback Brett Favre, but the Vikings say that's not a significant hurdle. They expect him to be an integral part of the game plan against the New York Jets on Monday night.
"He picks things up very easy," wide receivers coach George Stewart said. "You can throw stuff at him and he'll go and play. After two days, he knows the game plan." Within minutes of drafting Percy Harvin last season, Vikings coach Brad Childress instructed offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to start drawing up plays to get the ball in Harvin's hands. Bevell felt a similar feeling when he learned of the Moss trade. Bevell said Moss obviously doesn't know the entire offense, but it's likely the coaches added some new wrinkles specifically for him this week. "Immediately you start to try and draft up things to get him the ball," he said. "You don't want him to come out of a game and have zero catches. You'd like to be able to factor him in, in any way to be able to put the ball in his hands." At his re-introductory press conference Moss said he wants to "just ease and work my way in." There's no doubt however that he wants to make a big splash on the Monday night stage in his first game back in a Vikings uniform. "You think Randy comes in, we're just going to throw it up to him?" Favre said. "It's 11 guys on him, we're just going to throw it up to him? There may be times where that's the case. I'm just joking, 10 guys, maybe. But he offers a totally different dimension." Childress was asked on Saturday how many snaps Moss will get against the Jets. "I would be lying to you if I told you," he said. "It's kind of like Cedric Griffin [against Detroit]. We were going to go series by series with him and maybe you get 25-30 snaps and he played 64. We'll see how many we can factor [Moss] in on. I know he'll be in and out of the game with our rotation of receivers. That's how we normally do it. I'm not going to tell you he's going to play 100-percent of our snaps, but he'll play a good portion."
