Minimal effort?
You're trying to give a guy credit by accusing him of being a terrible teammate and lazy player?
How in the world is playing football with minimal effort a compliment?
Would Moss say he gave minimal effort?
It's like this...you have effort guys. Guys who out work, and out study you. As a defender, you much rather deal with that type opposition than someone who is simply physically SUPERIOR to you. And that's what Moss was to like 99 percent of db's.
T.O. was to a certain extent also, though his was strength. But you can lift weights and get strong. Moss had height, speed, and coordination.
Moss put real FEAR into db's! He going up over them catching balls then somehow his skinny ass knocking them aside and scoring. Another aspect is he was stronger than thought. I've seen him man handle db's. I've seen Moss take a bubble screen to the house and I'm still wondering how.
Imagine a coach or system who had the balls to throw it up to him like 15 times a game on just bombs. He winning a minimum of half those!