Randy Moss retired today and he was a very talented wide receiver with great skill set and was outstanding with the Minnesota Vikings between 1998-2004 with 574 catches for 8375 yards and 90 TDs with 52 of the catches were for more 40 yards and after his rookie season of 69 catches for 1313 yards with 17TDs along with 14 catches for more than 40 yards the NFL were floored by the 21st overall draft pick in 1998 draft by the Vikings. The Vikings were 15 and 1 and were one of the strongest offense and it looked like the Vikings were going to be unstoppable for seasons to come and after six strong seasons with his strongest season being 2003 were he catch 111 passes for 1632 yards and 17 TDs to go with 27 catches of over 20 yards. After the 2003 season Randy Moss and his ego became impossible to control and between 2004 and 2006 it would hurt the teams he was with along with hurting his output on the field as he would not play all out as he catch 151 passes for 1325 yards with 24 TDs along with 32 catches for more than 20 yards and 11 of them for more than 40 yards as he played his final season with the Vikings were he did most of his talk off the field especially about quarterback Daunte Culpepper and not being able to get him the ball as he had 8 TDs in the first 5 games of the season and then sustained an leg injury. In the next two seasons Moss was in the black hole known as the Oakland Raiders and he had nagging injuries and an interest in playing and had 102 catches for 1558 yards and 11 TDs and he was invisible in the NFL for these two seasons. Randy Moss after his two seasons in the black hole he stepped out and entered the palace known as Foxsborro and the New England Patriots and he immediately got healthy and very happy playing with Tom Brady and the winning organization and put up his best season in the NFL in his first season with the Patriots as he had 98 catches for 1493 yards with a NFL record 23 TDs with 18 catches of over 20 yards and 9 of them were over 40 yards as he made his first superbowl appearance. He then followed that up with 2 seasons of 69 catches and 83 catches for a total of 2272 with 24 TDs and was a team player after he signed a new contract of 3 years and 27 Million dollars which was less than his 8 year and 75 million dollar deal he signed in 2001 with the Vikings but in the final season of his contract and what would turn out to be his final NFL season. He came out before the season he said he was not wanted by the Patriots and after the first game of the season he came out and said it would be his final season with the Patriots and it started a season of moves as he played 4 games for the Patriots and 4 games back in Minnesota before spending the second half with the Titans and all three teams used little to nothing and the writing on the wall for one of the most talented wide receivers in NFL history. He really did not want to play hard when the going got tough and he may of had the talent to be the best receiver in NFL history but not the heart as he ended up second in TDs with 153 and he is top 10 in catches (954) and yards (14,858) while his 76 catches of over 40 yards showed his speed when he wanted to use it.
See U later Randy
Tom Mehegan
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