Wilson: Kraft issues reply to Randy Moss' comments

New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft responded for the first time to wide receiver Randy Moss' comment that the AFC East franchise "don't really pay."

After arriving at the NFL scouting combine, Kraft defended the Patriots' business practices.

"OK, let's look at [Moss'] situation," Kraft told New England reporters, per Comcast Sportsnet New England. "In the first two years he made over $20 million. But I think the context . . . look in any of the family businesses we don't just go out and spend money and always try to be the highest spender. We want to win in everything we do.

"Looking collectively on an aggregate basis, we spend to be competitive. But any of your readership that has run a business knows that just spending wildly doesn't mean you're doing the right thing. You want to spend wisely, you want to spend with the right people."

And Kraft pointed out that the Patriots' way is getting results.

"This is immodest to say but over the last 10 years no football team won more football games than the New England Patriots so I guess we're doing OK," Kraft said. "I know we've committed enough capital to make us competitive and we want to spend it wisely. We went what, 10 years, four Super Bowls. We won more games than anyone so we must be doing something a little right.

"Just because you spend a lot of money on players doesn't mean you're going to win. Since the turn of the century we've won more games and more championships than 31 other teams. People on the outside can say what they want."

Expanding on his remarks about Moss, Kraft said: "I didn't interpret what he said as anti-Patriot. He's a smart businessman too. He's getting himself positioned, too."

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