Posted by Will Brinson

Randy Moss left Minnesota under plenty of scrutiny -- there were questions about both his ability to coexist with Brad Childress and his locker room behavior.

On The NFL Today CBS Sports' own Charley Casserly reported that Moss' bad influence on young wideout Percy Harvin also helped hasten his departure (Casserly also pointed out that a 'number of things' resulted in Moss getting released).

Particularly this story -- Casserly reported that Moss, in the middle of a practice, took off his pads. Harvin approached Moss and asked him, "Randy, practice over?"

Moss' response? "Well, it is for me."

That fits in nicely with Moss' previous behavior ("I play when I want to play," etc.), but clearly, Brad Childress didn't think having Moss hang around, poison his team teach and Harvin how to be a malcontent was a good idea.

This is fairly reasonable, but it doesn't justify Chilly flexing his power over team personnel (without consulting ownership) on such an important and high-profile decision.

Although it may not have even mattered -- provided that the reports that Childress and Harvin nearly brawled are true, it's pretty clear that Moss' already blackened Harvin's soul made his influence known.






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