Raiders welcome the addition of Randy Moss

— -- ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Jerry Porter spent most of his first five NFL seasons playing behind stars Jerry Rice and Tim Brown, patiently waiting for a chance to be the Oakland Raiders' top receiver. Now Rice and Brown are gone, but Randy Moss is bringing his incredible talents to town -- and Porter is thrilled. Just before Porter finalized his new contract with Oakland last week, his agent told him Moss might be on his way to the Raiders in a trade. Signing the deal suddenly became that much sweeter. "We became powerful real quick. I love it," Porter said. "That was a great move to get Randy Moss." The Raiders' acquisition of Moss in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings probably will be announced Wednesday, when the NFL's free-agency period opens. The swap calls for Oakland to send linebacker Napoleon Harris, the No. 7 pick in April's draft and a late-round pick to the Vikings. "Not taking anything from Napoleon Harris, but to only have to give up a draft pick and a linebacker, linebackers don't score points," Porter said. Porter knows that having Moss on the field -- making acrobatic catches, speeding past defenders and drawing double-teams -- will only open up more opportunities for him to shine. The rest of the Raiders feel the same way, envisioning a dangerous long-passing offense to rival the great Oakland teams of years past. Late last season, quarterback Kerry Collins campaigned for the Raiders to re-sign Porter, saying it would be one of the team's most important offseason decisions, but also grabbing Moss was more than he could have hoped for. "At this point, I put our receiving corps up against anybody's in the league," Collins said Tuesday. "Obviously, the addition of Randy scares defenses more than any other in the NFL. "I heard rumors for a couple weeks. You hear things like that all the time. You don't really know until something like that materializes. You don't think a guy like Randy Moss A, would get away from a team and B, would come to your team. I'm getting one of the best receivers in the league and a guy whose track record speaks for itself. He adds an unbelievable dimension for us from a deep-threat standpoint. He's a guy who can do it all." Moss spent much of last season limited by a hamstring injury and didn't reach 1,000 receiving yards for the first time in his seven-year career. He finished with 49 catches for 767 yards and 13 touchdowns. Porter led the Raiders with 64 catches for 998 yards and nine touchdowns, falling just short of his first 1,000-yard season. His receptions were a career high, and he scored three touchdowns in a game twice. The Raiders' second-round draft pick in 2000 out of West Virginia, Porter wanted to be showcased in new coach Norv Turner's offense during his contract year. It eventually happened. "I can play alongside people and not have a conflict," Porter said. "I'm used to that. As long as Randy can do that, we'll be fine. If he can deal with not getting his 95 balls he's accustomed to getting. I want to win." Moss' often bizarre behavior has been considered distracting over the years, but Raiders tight end Teyo Johnson isn't concerned. "Randy Moss is one of the elements, if not the element, for us being a playoff team," Johnson said. "All I care about is winning football games, and Randy Moss can do that. You can put aside all the other things people say about him, people say he has a bad attitude. I don't care. The guy can play football and make plays. He fits the Raiders mystique. "He can easily step into a leadership role on our squad. He can really feed off the energy Coach Turner has started here." While Moss will upgrade Oakland's offense in a hurry, running back Tyrone Wheatley cautions that there's still plenty for this franchise to fix. The Raiders went 5-11 last season under Turner, only one victory more than their 4-12 finish the year before, which came on the heels of their 48-21 Super Bowl loss to Tampa Bay -- the worst collapse by a team that played for the title the previous year. "Just because you add a Randy Moss doesn't mean an organization is going to great depths to turn things around," Wheatley said. "If Randy can come in and blend in with 52 other players and play great football as we know he can play, then yeah, the Raiders are down the right path. "There's a lot more to it than just Randy, but he helps."