"Santana Moss was surrounded.

Music thumped in the locker room at Redskins Park. But the lyrics couldn't drown Moss' words. So the television cameras and microphones swarmed, something that seems to happen each time the veteran wide receiver opens his mouth.

The phalanx of media almost buried the face of the Washington Redskins' offense.

Most of big names are gone — Donovan McNabb dispatched to the Minnesota Vikings, Clinton Portis looking for work — leaving Moss and fan-favorite tight end Chris Cooley as leaders of a largely anonymous group. With question marks at quarterback, an influx of young receivers and a reshuffled offensive line, Moss is the certainty in a unit buffeted by change.

"I've been here [six] years, and I never had the chance to grasp the offense," Moss said. "There's always been a change here or something there. It's one of those moments where we have the advantage.""