Randy Moss Decides To Retire - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines
Kinda surprising, he is not the old Moss, but he is still a huge threat.
Kinda surprising, he is not the old Moss, but he is still a huge threat.
NFL: Randy Moss retires
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I'll bet if the right offer came along, he'd find his way back to the field.
That said, the dude was an amazing WR. He was a "love him or hate him" kind of player, but there's no doubt that he had incredibly ability.
That said, the dude was an amazing WR. He was a "love him or hate him" kind of player, but there's no doubt that he had incredibly ability.
widertnattylt: To be fair, Randy Moss retired on run plays about 10 years ago. Today he's just retiring from passing plays as well.
No doubt in my mind the best WR that ever played. The Patriots didn't want to pay him or give him a long-term contract. Patriots are cheap and they try and score deals with stars that have looked washed up or not in their prime.
Bingo. Not many athletes put up numbers like he did and still leave you thinking that they left something on the table.
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I agree with the "What could have been" sentiment, because had he applied himself he would have shattered the receiving records, but I disagree that he was overrated. He averaged 12 receiving TD's per season for his entire career. That's better than Jerry Rice (10), TO (10), Cris Carter (8), Marvin Harrison (10).
No receiver has ever scored at the rate he did. That's not overrated.
I'm trying to say that he is overrated because of the "what could have been." People throw stat after stat out about Randy Moss to show how good he was (such as the TD stat you provided.) But he could have been SO much more better than that if he wanted to.
That's overrated in my eyes.
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I doubt you'll see that. I think Randy wants to go to a good team, but the good teams don't want him. Last year's antics made him pretty toxic to most GM's.
I guess we have different definitions. I think overrated applies to what they actually did and how they are looked at based upon what they did, not the percentage of potential they had.
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That's not being overrated. That's called not living up to your potential. He had the potential to be the greatest receiver in the history of the game. As it is, he settled for just being in the top 5 or so. That's still a fantastic achievement, and he was still an incredible receiver.