Randy Moss signs with 49ers. He's better than Brett Swain

              

            Low risk high reward. That’s not only how I describe myself to girls I meet in college, but it also describes Randy Moss. Here’s what the 49er depth chart is at wide receiver before Moss:

Crabtree is inconsistent, Kyle Williams has the Witness Protection Agency on speed dial and Joe Hastings will have trouble overcoming his Joe Hastingsness. In short, there isn’t much there. The Niners were hoping to sign Josh Morgan, but the Redskins snatched him up during their annual Free Agency spending spree. The 49ers receiving core can’t get much worse, and while I’m not a football expert, I’m pretty sure Randy Moss is better than Joe Hastings. Yep, you don’t get that type of analysis anywhere else. The man is only two years removed from doing this:

Then again, he’s also two years removed from catching 6 passes in eight games for the Titans the last time he was in the NFL. The difference is at the beginning of the season Tom Brady was throwing him the ball. At the end it was Kerry Collins. Here comes more of that analysis I was talking about earlier: Tom Brady is better at football than Kerry Collins. That’s also more of the same lame recycled humor I’m known for.

What this means, is everything comes down to the quarterback. Happy Randy caught passes from Randall Cunningham, Daunte Culpepper pre-boat cruise scandal, and Tom Brady. Angry Randy dropped passes from Kerry Collins, Aaron Brooks, Andrew Walter and Kerry Collins again. If the quarterback is good, and the team is winning, Randy Moss will be closer to the Vikings Randy Moss than the Raider Randy Moss. Of course, the winning part is a product of the quarterback part. That’s where Alex Smith comes in.

Actually, Alex still is an unrestricted free agent, however all indications are that he’s going to be back next season. UnlesstheysignPeytonManningwaitwhatwhosaidthat? The good news is that Alex Smith proved in the division round of the playoffs that he can throw a ball farther than 10 yards. The bad news? He didn’t throw for over 300 yards all last season, and failed to reach 200 yards 10 times including the playoffs. 2012 is going to be the first time in career he’s stayed in the same system two years in a row. The 49ers are planning on riding him hard like a… there’s no way this analogy is going to end well so I’m just going to stop.

Nobody knows how good Randy is going to be. Randy doesn’t even know how good Randy is going to be. But if the upside is any semblance of the receiver who’s tied for 2^nd all time in touchdown receptions, that’s 1.75 million dollars well spent. Randy Moss is back!