According to ESPN NFC East reporter Dan Graziano, Santana Moss still has a chance to be the Redskins’ #1 receiver. That’s a pretty big leap for the man who was once considered to be on the roster bubble after the Redskins added both Pierre Garcon and Josh Morgan this offseason. However, a window opened when the Redskins cut Jabar Gaffney and Moss took it and ran, losing 15 pounds and putting himself in phenomenal shape. He’s reportedly been incredibly impressive this offseason in practice.

At the very least, Santana Moss will be the Redskins’ slot receiver, but he’ll compete with Josh Morgan and Leonard Hankerson for the starting job opposite Garcon. If Moss wins it, he’d move to the slot in 3-wide receiver sets and their #3 receiver would play outside. I actually think Moss is the favorite over the marginal Josh Morgan and the unproven Leonard Hankerson and given how much receivers can struggle when changing teams, I give Moss an outside shot to lead the team in receiving over Pierre Garcon.

My biggest concern is that Moss is 33 and had just 46 catches for 584 yards and 6 touchdowns last year, while dealing with injuries, age, and poor conditioning. A strong year this year would mean a bounce back year at age 33, which rarely happens (don’t see Smith, Steve). Still, Moss is a talented player who caught a career high 93 passes for 1115 yards and 6 touchdowns as recently as 2010 and surpassed 790 yards in every season from 2003-2010, despite inconsistent quarterback play. He’s 858 yards away from 10000 and I think he’ll get it at some point, maybe even this season.

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