Randy Moss Sporting News Interview (1 Viewer)

[Maelstrom]

Didn't see this posted, just fluff, but thought it was somewhat interesting. Moss definately thinks highly of himself, NTTAWWT.

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Hang Time: Can you handle Randy Moss' truth?

Posted: September 4, 2006

Sporting News

From the airwaves of Sporting News Radio, James Brown interviews Randy Moss

On the best athletes of his lifetime

One is myself, two is Bo Jackson, three is Deion Sanders -- in no particular order. Those are the best athletes of all time, hands down, and you can't argue that.

If you go through any other sports, those three guys that I just named will excel at them.

On whether he is the best wide receiver of all time

There is only one other wide receiver that I would put my name beside, and that's Jerry Rice. All the other wide receivers can take a back seat. If you really want to see what type of athlete I am, tell all the defensive coordinators in the league to let their defensive backs cover me one-on-one for 16 regular-season games, and I guarantee you I will shatter every record ever for a NFL wide receiver in a single season.

On comparisons to Terrell Owens

I love T.O. I don't love him to score or have more yards than me each week, but I love to watch him play. They always try to compare T.O. and myself. But is there a comparison? I don't think so.

On Brett Favre's returning for another season

Any wide receiver in the game today, 200 years ago or 20 years from now would love to have a quarterback like Brett Favre on their team. I think he still has some juice left. You just have to get some guys around him so he can sling that thing. They let Javon Walker go, and that is a big loss to that offense. But I still believe in Brett Favre.

On Favre's comments regarding Walker's contract with the Packers

I think that, man-to-man, Brett Favre did violate his friendship. I don't think it was up to him to say something like that. Now if the GM or the owner of the team would have come out and said something like that, it would have probably been better. I mean, what can you say? That's Brett Favre, man.

On Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle accident

My heart and my prayers went out to Ben Roethlisberger. I just wanted him to get up out of there. It was up to him if he wanted to wear a helmet or not. It was the media's fault how they trashed it and made a joke about it. That man could have lost his life.

On the treatment of Barry Bonds

What they are saying about Barry Bonds, I don't care. I still love Barry Bonds. I watched him in Pittsburgh, and I will continue to watch him until he leaves this game. If I ever met Barry Bonds in person, I would shake his hand and say nothing else about it.

 

[redman]

On what it's going to be like having Aaron Brooks throwing the ball to him

 

[Colin Dowling]

Love it.

 

[jurb26]

Thats it?

 

[Black Label Society]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.

Now if the rest of him could be.........

I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.

Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.

Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.

In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

 

[Winning IS Everything]

On what it's going to be like having Aaron Brooks throwing the ball to him

If you asked Moss that he would probably say this:"Aaron who?" "Who the he#@ is that?" "He's my QB? No sh$#? If anybody can make that guy look good, I can"............

 

[jurb26]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.Now if the rest of him could be.........I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

 

[TitusIII]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.Now if the rest of him could be.........I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

I'd give Rice the edge as well, but the list stops there.

 

[Black Label Society]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.Now if the rest of him could be.........I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

I'd give Rice the edge as well, but the list stops there.

Respectfully disagree. Moss has some of the best hands I've ever seen. Carters were just as good if not better.Carter ran perfect routes, knew the entire offensive playbook, including lineman.He threw great blocks, was a team leader, and was $$ in the redzone.Moss has unreal speed, amazing ability to adjust to the ball, and great hands.After that, there are numerous guys in the league right now who overall play the position better (for the team).

 

[redman]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.Now if the rest of him could be.........I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

I'd give Rice the edge as well, but the list stops there.

Respectfully disagree. Moss has some of the best hands I've ever seen. Carters were just as good if not better.Carter ran perfect routes, knew the entire offensive playbook, including lineman.He threw great blocks, was a team leader, and was $$ in the redzone.Moss has unreal speed, amazing ability to adjust to the ball, and great hands.After that, there are numerous guys in the league right now who overall play the position better (for the team).

I don't disagree. Moss is not a complete player. To use a basketball analogy, Moss and his phenomenal individual talent is like Dominque Wilkins, a star with rare talent to be sure, but there were better guys to build a team around.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

Moss has unreal speed, amazing ability to adjust to the ball, and great hands.After that, there are numerous guys in the league right now who overall play the position better (for the team).

I don't really agree with the above statement at all, a healthy Moss helps his team out more than any WR in the game. There is no WR who draws the kind of defensive coverage he does, which directly helps every one else on the offense.

 

[jurb26]

Nice to see his ego is still healthy.Now if the rest of him could be.........I LOVE Moss as a Vikings homer, but he simply is very 1 dimensional.Rice overall is a much better WR. Much.Now if Moss would stop being a candyass, go across the middle, throw a block on occassion, I'd give him his argument.In overall WR rankings, Cris Carter was a better WR.

I'd give Rice the edge as well, but the list stops there.

Respectfully disagree. Moss has some of the best hands I've ever seen. Carters were just as good if not better.Carter ran perfect routes, knew the entire offensive playbook, including lineman.He threw great blocks, was a team leader, and was $$ in the redzone.Moss has unreal speed, amazing ability to adjust to the ball, and great hands.After that, there are numerous guys in the league right now who overall play the position better (for the team).

There is no WR who today (or ever IMO) who dictates what a D must do more than Moss. You say he is a one demensional player... well he is still the most dominant WR in the game (possibly ever) and when he is healthy can not be stopped dispit double and triple coverage even though as you say. D's know exactly what he is going to do. Carter never had half the impact Moss did. Rice is the only other WR who comes close. It's Rice and Moss.......................... then everyone else.

 

[reg]

I love Moss quotes. I used to have a website bookmarked that compiled all of his greatest ones, but I can't find it anymore. :(

 

[mbuehner]

Moss shouldnt be mentioned in the same breath as Jerry Rice.

4 1500 yard+ seasons Randy, you've had 1. Rice owns 6 of the top 10 best reciever seasons of all time, you own 1. Heck, Issac Bruce and Herman Moore own 1. Lets see some consistancy.

Bo Jackson and Deon are great examples of who to compare to. Incrediable natural atheletes who never lived up to their highest potential because they let too many other things distract them. And Moss doesnt even have baseball to blame. I'll take a guy with lesser abililty who makes more of it than anyone imagined such as Rice or Torry Holt any day.

What a putz.

 

[mbuehner]

There is no WR who today (or ever IMO) who dictates what a D must do more than Moss. You say he is a one demensional player... well he is still the most dominant WR in the game (possibly ever) and when he is healthy can not be stopped dispit double and triple coverage even though as you say

So where are the numbers? Potential gets you fired. I'll take Tory Holt delivering the goods year after year any day over the guy who is busy deciding if he wants to play today. Sure, Moss at his best is the biggest threat, but how often is he at his best? If i'm a D coordinator, im more worried about Holt who you know for a fact is going to eat your lunch. I'll roll the dice on whether Moss has one of his good days or not.

 

[jurb26]

Moss shouldnt be mentioned in the same breath as Jerry Rice.4 1500 yard+ seasons Randy, you've had 1. Rice owns 6 of the top 10 best reciever seasons of all time, you own 1. Heck, Issac Bruce and Herman Moore own 1. Lets see some consistancy.Bo Jackson and Deon are great examples of who to compare to. Incrediable natural atheletes who never lived up to their highest potential because they let too many other things distract them. And Moss doesnt even have baseball to blame. I'll take a guy with lesser abililty who makes more of it than anyone imagined such as Rice or Torry Holt any day.What a putz.

After 8 seasons each in the league, both Moss and Rice have very comparible numbers and are lightyears ahead of everyone else. You are way off base.Moss:634 rec, 10,147 yds, 98 TDsRice:610 rec, 10,273 yds, 103 TDsOh and why don't we actually try and compare apples to apples.... Rice only ever had 2, TWO, season of 1500 yds or more in the time frame for which Moss has played thus far.... 1570 and 1502.

 

[jurb26]

There is no WR who today (or ever IMO) who dictates what a D must do more than Moss. You say he is a one demensional player... well he is still the most dominant WR in the game (possibly ever) and when he is healthy can not be stopped dispit double and triple coverage even though as you say

So where are the numbers? Potential gets you fired. I'll take Tory Holt delivering the goods year after year any day over the guy who is busy deciding if he wants to play today. Sure, Moss at his best is the biggest threat, but how often is he at his best? If i'm a D coordinator, im more worried about Holt who you know for a fact is going to eat your lunch. I'll roll the dice on whether Moss has one of his good days or not.

The numbers are posted, maybe you should actually look at them as they don't support your view in the least.Holt through 7 years:619/9487/54Not even close... unless you see a 40 TD season from Holt on the horizon.

 

[Black Label Society]

Moss has unreal speed, amazing ability to adjust to the ball, and great hands.After that, there are numerous guys in the league right now who overall play the position better (for the team).

I don't really agree with the above statement at all, a healthy Moss helps his team out more than any WR in the game. There is no WR who draws the kind of defensive coverage he does, which directly helps every one else on the offense.

I'm talking about being a complete WR. Maybe I failed to convey that.Moss rates POORLY as a COMPLETE WR. BUT, the things he does, he does better than anyone ever has.I totally agree that he can change D plans....and Carter never could....but there are MANY more better OVERALL Complete WR's than Moss.I understand you rpoint though.

 

[Foosball God]

Moss shouldnt be mentioned in the same breath as Jerry Rice.4 1500 yard+ seasons Randy, you've had 1. Rice owns 6 of the top 10 best reciever seasons of all time, you own 1. Heck, Issac Bruce and Herman Moore own 1. Lets see some consistancy.Bo Jackson and Deon are great examples of who to compare to. Incrediable natural atheletes who never lived up to their highest potential because they let too many other things distract them. And Moss doesnt even have baseball to blame. I'll take a guy with lesser abililty who makes more of it than anyone imagined such as Rice or Torry Holt any day.What a putz.

Yeah, Bo let that stupid degenerative hip distract him.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I would be interested to know if a wide receiver in 1806 would really want Brett Favre as a QB.

 

[Black Label Society]

I would be interested to know if a wide receiver in 1806 would really want Brett Favre as a QB.

I thought the same thing...just didn't want to waste the time on a post.....But since YOU did....

 

[The Finist]

Moss shouldnt be mentioned in the same breath as Jerry Rice.4 1500 yard+ seasons Randy, you've had 1. Rice owns 6 of the top 10 best reciever seasons of all time, you own 1. Heck, Issac Bruce and Herman Moore own 1. Lets see some consistancy.Bo Jackson and Deon are great examples of who to compare to. Incrediable natural atheletes who never lived up to their highest potential because they let too many other things distract them. And Moss doesnt even have baseball to blame. I'll take a guy with lesser abililty who makes more of it than anyone imagined such as Rice or Torry Holt any day.What a putz.

After 8 seasons each in the league, both Moss and Rice have very comparible numbers and are lightyears ahead of everyone else. You are way off base.Moss:634 rec, 10,147 yds, 98 TDsRice:610 rec, 10,273 yds, 103 TDsOh and why don't we actually try and compare apples to apples.... Rice only ever had 2, TWO, season of 1500 yds or more in the time frame for which Moss has played thus far.... 1570 and 1502.

"The numbers are posted, maybe you should actually look at them as they don't support your view in the least.Holt through 7 years:619/9487/54Not even close... unless you see a 40 TD season from Holt on the horizon." 'sand