He played serious summer league basketball last offseason. He participated in the Vikings' minicamp and a development camp in the past few weeks. Moss is as finely conditioned as the law allows. And he already knows how to pack for short trips. Deion still does.
Some guys just have enough talent, time, energy and ego to find out how good they really are.
Jim Thorpe starred at football and baseball and had enough left to wow them in the Olympics at the turn of the last century. Babe Didrikson owned the track and nearly annexed women's golf a few decades later. So naturally, he was roasted for being reckless, a self-promoter and even worse, for causing a distraction. But tracking Sanders' progress was nearly as interesting as the games, in the same way Michael Jordan striking out was more entertaining than watching lots of major leaguers hit home runs. In Moss' case, the only people whose votes count are already in his pocket.