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To play next year, Randy Moss needs a team that wants to pay him. That’s his major hurdle right now, since he’s currently unwanted and discarded.

The question, though, is whether or not Moss wants to be wanted.

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Remember last summer when Chad Johnson’s two marriages — his one with the Dolphins, and his other actual marriage with Evelyn Lozada — ended shortly after they started? They both came to that demise due to a domestic violence incident involving Lozada.

As a result of said incident, Johnson is still under probation, which means he needs to periodically visit a probation officer. Recently that requirement has become problematic for whatever reason. Johnson failed to report to his probation officer, and that’s resulted in a warrant being issued for his arrest.

TMZ first reported Johnson’s wanted status, and it was later confirmed by CBS. The arrest warrant was first issued May 7 by the sherriff’s office in Broward County, Florida, and earlier today Johnson tweeted that he’s in Pasadena. That’s some pretty unfavorable geography.

The Jets were set to have a real and honest quarterback competition, and eventually David Garrard’s mere presence would have ended in Mark Sanchez finding employment elsewhere, or maybe chillin’ on a beach in September and spending his $8.25 million in guaranteed money on whatever GQ bros buy while bathing in sand (Fresca?).

Geno Smith would have easily won his dual with Mark Sanchez, and in theory jettisoning the loser of the worst QB competition in the history of such battles would be much easier with a veteran safety net firmly in place, taking the form of Garrard.

In theory.

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It was assumed Rolando McCLain’s habit of getting arrested and producing pictures featuring himself in handcuffs while looking, um, happy would eventually end his football career. But this still seems sudden, and maybe forced.

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Eli Manning needs Victor Cruz. David Wilson and/or Andre Brown need Victor Cruz. Hakeem Nicks needs Victor Cruz.

We need Victor Cruz. Yet we still only have confusion.

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There was a time not too long ago when Ronde Barber would shut down half the field for the afternoon, just like present day Darrelle Revis and Richard Sherman.

Now? He still has the instincts and the ball skills, but he lacks the speed he once had. He’s allowed to decline, because that’s what athletic humans do as they grow older. Bodies age, and skills fade.

He’s embracing the football afterlife now, though, and retiring after 16 seasons.

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When Forbes publishes its annual list of the most influential athletes in professional sports, the title of the poll itself is usually a lie. While that may be the intention and the question asked to respondents, the question they’re really answering is this: who’s the most popular athlete?

Or worse, this: what athlete’s name do I recognize? The answer to this question can be judged by the Nana index, something we here at The Score’s palatial towers made up long ago which gauges the likelihood of a grandmother recognizing any given athlete or celebrity. Tim Tebow often ranks alongside the Biebs on the Nana index.

Tebow topped the Forbes list this year, even though at the moment he may still be an athlete, but not a professional athlete. However, Tebow is the rare exception in that at least for now, he really is influential.

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