John Randle, Robert Smith and Others on Randy Moss

With Randy Moss officially entering the team's Ring of Honor, hear from former teammates Robert Smith, Jeff Christy, John Randle, as well as Vikings Owner/President Mark Wilf and COO Kevin Warren on Moss' impact and career as a Vikings.
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[@nashvilleboss3379]

Who remembers nfl2k on dreamcast with Moss on the cover??

[@alec1430]

Yup! That game and sonic adventures was my first! What's even more special is we're all from South Dakota and my dad (a Minnesotan) made sure we were Vikings fans from day 1. The gameplay was unbelievable for its time and you bet my first times playing the game it was always throwing it to carter and moss. Still have my kid size cris carter and moss jerseys...oh and we had culpepper too ☝️😎☝️

[@tiyalewhitehurst338]

U couldn't cover Moss on that game no matter how many guys were around him

[@bspoon2529]

@@alec1430 facts

[@jessiegoodwin2526]

🙌🏿

[@performlikemike251performl7]

🐐

[@BboyZoinks]

Randy Moss and John Randle deserved a ring

[@drvn8]

Nobody "deserves" a ring.

[@bigbangerbilly418]

drvn8 if anyone deserves a ring they did. If it was a one on one sport then he woulda had a ring. BUT ITS A TEAM SPORT AND AOMETIMES TE GREATS DONT GET THE TEAM THEY DESERVE.

[@TDiggz]

@@drvn8 they would have won a ring if it wasnt for a missed fieldgoal.. and thats still haunting the vikings for years later.... even in 2021

[@drvn8]

@@TDiggz they'd've still had to beat Denver

[@TDiggz]

@@drvn8 Denver wouldn't have been able to stop that offense

[@jhheadley]

1:10 and 1:23 is something no one ever talks about. He BELIEVED he was great. As a rookie to say “I’m going to light it up” is straight confidence. That’s the cherry on top of all that God given talent.

[@sylpascale7673]

The most dangerous receiver in NFL history, so exciting to have watched him play......

[@karlthetroof]

Correction. He's the best WR to ever play the game.

[@hangtime911]

I want the Vikes to win a Super Bowl someday, but watching Randy dominate was worth any title any team has EVER won. TY Mr. Moss.

[@MFjaYWiLL]

Hands down

[@deonmack1591]

second best jerry rice is always goin be number 1

[@alcopower5710]

@ihategooglespooks ......I’m with ya👍

[@user-wj9bz8xi9u]

Greatest ever

[@Isojoki]

The 1998 Vikings offense was fucking insane.

[@steevee4658]

and if John Randle was healthy for the dirty bird game, no doubt SB victory over Denver

[@andymotl]

The greatest ever! He made football exciting to watch. That 98 team... man, that was the best!

[@mauricegee5134]

ANDY MOTL Love moss but he's not the greatest ever y'all have to stop being so emotional just because y'all I mean we love him Jerry is considered the best player ever as well as at Wr too...

[@ian7136]

Brady is easily the best player ever, you're stuck in the past. Moss might not have had the best CAREER ever, but he was easily the best receiver to have stepped on the field

[@jakeorr7248]

Maurice Gee Jerry the best ever with Montana Young and Stick em...Stfu if Moss had Brady for all them years there would be no comparison!!!

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

He was/is a self centered jerk

[@ilikewaffles889]

Maurice Gee Just because somebody is “considered the best player ever” doesn’t mean others can’t think someone else is the best player ever. Hopefully you’re not still this dumb 11 months later, but you probably are.

[@robertlesuer2755]

Randy Moss, NFL Hall of Famer, respect.

[@jerrickdesire154]

I didn't care about Randy taking running plays off here and there. His guy and a safety worrying about him all the time. He was doing his job by just standing there!

[@84goat28]

Moss was so amazing to watch... His speed and his ability to catch the ball was so on point. Moss #84 🐐

[@joshuahaynes7128]

Billie 9milli moss is a top 5 all-time talent .. if moss had Tom Brady his first 10 years he would've shattered every record in the books .... Moss deserves a mvp.. the 07 season moss wouldve won the mvp any other time but Brady had 50 some touchdown passes but really moss deserved it that year .. half of bradys touchdowns was because moss was going up and catching highlight reel touchdowns that nobody else but him.could

[@TheBzoldos32]

Brady's touchdowns in a season high was 26 befor moss after moss 50.

[@PureSwank]

That was the best era of football ever. Moss, Terrell Owens, Terrel Davis, Isaac Bruce, Marvin Harrison, Brian Dawkins, Sean Taylor, Ed Reed, The Bus, Ray Lewis, Palumalo, Chad Johnson, Charles Woodson, John Lynch, Ed McCaffrey, Culpepper, Tomlinson, Eddie George, etc etc.....man those were the good ole gridiron games growing up. Best era ever.

[@sydboski]

///One.Lawless I don't know if your era matches up with mine. I can match you player for player and come out on top. I grew up in the 70's and 80's. We had Rice, Steve Largent, OJ Simpson, Cliff Branch, Fred Biletnekoff, Ronnie Lott, Jack Tatum, Kenny Easley, Earl Campbell, Lawrence Taylor, Steve Atwater, Art Monk, Rod Woodson, Mike Haines, John Stallworth, Dan Marino, Walter Payton, Larry Csonka etc... I think my list trumps yours.

[@PureSwank]

sydboski Brother ypu got some good ones, but SERIOSULY some of those dudes are NOT The best. Jerry Rice...Let that one pass. Steve Largeant? REALLY?!?! Bro....Randy Moss....Terrell Ownes...chris carter...antonio brown....then You got Calvin Johnson, Marvin Harrison, Isaac Bruce, Record breaking Recievers. NO COMPARISON what so ever. Not even close. Ronnie Lott?? Sean Taylor, John Lynch, Troy Palomalu, Harrison, Ed Reed, Brian Dawkins, Lol NOT EVEN CLOSE. These are some of the Best if not 1 and 2 top safties in NFL history. Payton was awesome. Earl Cambel too.....but bro...Emmit Smith, Eddie George, Barry Sanders, Adrian Peterson, Tomlinson, Terrell Davis, Jerome Bettis, Dude I can keep going. QB's? Payton Manning, Troy Aikan, John Elway, Tom Brady, Michael Vick, Donte Culpepper, Drew Brees, Rothlesburger, Man I can keep going. All these players are record breaking statistically top 4 to 5 players in thier positions all time. NOT EVEN CLOSE MAN. Im sorry.

[@sydboski]

Man I was just going off the top of my head. I can keep going also. Lets make parameters. You take 1990 to 2009 and I will take 1970 to 1989. Make your team starters and backups offense, defense, kr, pr, k, and p you can name some 3rd string guys worth mentioning. Make it in this format: Offense 1st team WR Name, Name TE Name HB Name FB Name QB Name T Name, Name (doesn't matter L or R) G Name, Name (same) C Name Defense 1st team CB Name, Name (same) S Name, Name (doesn't matte FS or SS) DE Name, Name DT Name (put 2 if you play a 4-3) ILB Name (2 if you run 3-4) OLB Name, Name P Name K Name KR Name PR Name Then name your second team the same way. You can name honorable mentions any way you want. Lets Rock!

[@sydboski]

///One.Lawless Here's my list. It's pretty impressive. Offense 1st team WR Steve Largent, Cliff Branch (Largent was the all time leading receiver when he retired. Cliff was the all time playoff leader in catches and yards when he retired and fastest man in NFL at one time) TE Kellen Winslow (Greatest TE ever) HB OJ Simpson (Only the immortal Jim Brown had more yards when the Juice retired) FB Earl Campbell (232lb brute HOF) QB Joe Montana (Still arguably the Best) T Art Shell, Anthony Munoz (all of the linemen are HOFers) G John Hanna, Gene Upshaw C Mike Webster Defense 1st team CB Mel Blount, Mike Haynes (5 yard bump rule is called the Mel Bount rule) S Ronnie Lott, Ken Houston (Lott the best to ever do it) DE Howie Long, Mark Gastineau DT Mean Joe Green, Randy White (you know you are the best when they put “Mean” in front of your name. White’s nick name was “Manster” half man half monster) ILB Dick Butkus (Greatest MLB ever) OLB Lawrence Taylor, Ted Hendricks (LT greatest of all time) Special teams 1st team P Ray Guy (greatest punter ever HOF) K Morten Anderson PR Billy White Shoes Johnson KR Terry Metcalfe Sr. Second Team Offense WR Art Monk, James Lofton (Monk was the all time leading receiver at one time) TE Dave Casper HB Walter Payton (Nuff said) FB Marcus Allen HOF blocked for Charles White at USC and Bo Jackson on the Raiders) QB Dan Marino (Nuff said) T Ron Yari, Jackie Slater (again all linemen are HOFers) G Larry Little, Joe DeLamielleure C Dwight Stephenson Defense CB Willie Brown, Lester Hayes (Brown invented the bump and run, Hayes had 13 ints in 1980 and 5 more in the post season) S Kenny Easley, Paul Krause (Krause is the all time leader in ints) DE LC Greenwood, Jack Youngblood DT Allan Paige, Dan Hampton ILB Mike Singletary or Jack Lambert OLB Andre Tippett, Jack Ham Special Teams P Reggie Roby K Gary Anderson KR Rick Upchurch PR Rick Upchurch Honorable mentions QB Dan Fouts, Ken Stabler, Fran Tarkenton, Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw RB Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, Franco Harris, John Riggins, Larry Czonka, Roger Craig WR Harold Charmichael, John Jefferson, Wes Chandler, Fred Biletnekoff, Charlie Joiner, Bob Hayes, Charlie Taylor John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Paul Warfield, Drew Pearson TE Ozzie Newsome, Todd Christensen, Raymond Chester DB Frank Minnefield, Deron Cherry, Jake Scott, Jack Tatum LB Willie Lanier, Carl Banks, Bill Bergey, Randy Gradishar

[@cprealone]

I love that late 80's early to late 90's football, however I was more aware during the 90's and 2000's football during that time I watched all the players from College through retirement. Moss, Charles Woodson, T.O., McNabb, Ray Lewis, Sapp the list goes on. It sucks the NFL is turning football into high contact flag lol

[@twistedlogic4742]

As a Redskin fan, I thanked God the day Jerry Jones didn't take Randy Moss.

[@yankeesfn2]

Lol and they have contended for a superbowl title or even come close since. 😂😂😂

[@jdonis923]

The reason Im a Vikings fan til this day #Skol #84

[@g-dub5272]

Me too. I’m from Jamaica. Moss is the reason why I started watching NFL and being a Viking fan

[@jdonis923]

@@g-dub5272 skol brotha

[@RonMexico7]

should have won in 98. randy moss will always be my favorite athlete ever. i remember being a kid and crying when we traded him. he'll forever be my sporting hero.

[@TheBzoldos32]

I cried watching Oakland get sacked three plays in a row. But no I think I really almost cried when Antonio Freeman caught that ball on his back.

[@THESMILINGHARTNELLS]

Vic Would’ve been a great Super Bowl but the Broncos would’ve beaten them

[@Guurur]

Yeap, Randy Moss is the best receiver of all time. The GOAT...Patriots should indicated him as well in their hall of fame.

[@richardstratton7257]

He was the reason why I started to play football.

[@mrjmart06]

Skills that kills .

[@midwest646]

Runs CIRCLES around Rice.

[@paysonfox88]

When Randy goes to bed, there are no SB rings to take off. When Rice goes to bed, he has to take one off every finger of his right hand. Randy played for the greatest team in NFL history, and still lost that 2007 SB. Rice played for solid teams , that were among the greats, and won 4. Rice had superior numbers in a less pass-happy era. Rice will always be the GOAT. Rice nearly won a MVP in 1987 as a Receiver. Moss never got an MVP vote.

[@tullymannion5274]

@@paysonfox88 you know superbowls isn’t everything right?

[@devonkb47]

@@tullymannion5274 Tom Brady

[@SondreceasSterling-kk2dh]

That doesn't have anything to do with Randy being great

[@linkdon1975]

Best WR of all time, sorry Jerry.

[@rockedthecrapout]

Straight cash homie.

[@crjaded]

YES!!! FTW!!!

[@stinkerthecat8235]

I wish I have a Randy Moss jersey

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

I wish we here in NE had gotten him earlier. No telling what he and TB12 would have done. They did so much with what time they had.

[@DanielSong39]

Well we know what they would have done, there is a #80 in San Francisco who had the blueprint

[@bunnyfish714]

02/03/18 randy moss 1st ballot hall of fame

[@jonossell2442]

Use to get free tickets to Vikes home opener for seven years straight in the 90's so I saw Mosses first game. He torched Tampa Bay for two touchdowns. Never got those tickets again. The Vikings should cut him a 10 million dollar check every year for bringing them into the 21st century

[@hilltop565]

Randy Moss = G.O.A.T!!!

[@stardust1621]

The Bo Jackson at the wide receiver position. The Best! 💯

[@valentinorossi7771]

Neither the Vikings nor the 49ers is my team but having watched football for 1/2 a century, Randy was the most entertaining to watch and the best. Some niners fan will argue. Its like comparing Ali vs Tyson in their prime.

[@valtrus901]

Well....I would say two.......Randy Moss and Gale Sayers, the best runner for me "ever". He was Mr. Excitement when he touched the ball whether it's kickoffs, punts or handoffs. You held your breath every time he touched the ball and a threat to score when he touched it. Further, he even got opposing teams fans excited. Shocked to see them clapping and cheering when he received a kickoff or punt and he didn't disappoint. Indeed Randy was great but so was Gale, the moves he made and the speed.......... Only played 5 seasons, cut short by a career-ending knee injury. But, his impact was so great on the game (no one up to that point had ever witnessed a runner like Gale) that he was "unanimously" elected to the Hall on the lst ballot. Wished Randy had played with Warren Moon, or even Brady in his career. His receiving records wouldn't be touched. The best I've seen.....

[@tonyfregozo6713]

Tyson would knock Ali out lol Tyson wasn't human when he first debuted guy had rocks for fists ✊ lol

[@sydboski]

@@tonyfregozo6713 Tyson didn't hit any harder than George Foreman or Ernie Shavers. Ali beat both of them.

[@alfredoelizondo5986]

From a KC fan: Moss is the greatest WR ever.

[@deanladue3151]

How dangerous was Moss in his day? He changed the game. Nowadays defenses routinely use cover 2 or cover 3 deep zone pass coverages on premier WRs. Teams hardly used that scheme until Randy came along, and he would still beat the coverage.

[@sodear2meee]

When Robert Smith was at Ohio State I was thinking he was the most purely talented tailback I’d ever saw . He’d gallop and get 6 yrds like it but nothing .

[@garyaugustus1009]

Dr. Robert Smith, M.D...

[@dwightlove3704]

@@garyaugustus1009 Smith was a 45.5 guy in the 400m while in college.He was a PRE MED MAJOR

[@ArchibaldEdits]

God of WRs

[@paysonfox88]

He's a God, but there are 2 others. 1. Jerry Rice. 2. Don Hutson

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

3 catches 143 reception yards 3 touchdowns 1998/99 thanksgiving day 🦃 vs Cowboys

[@sydboski]

It was 163 yards

[@timallen609]

Shorted him 20 yards

[@TheBzoldos32]

It was four catches shorter him a 2 pointer...everyone always leaves that out for some reason

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

My bad y'all

[@joebagodonuts3040]

If the Vikings couldn’t overcome the curse with Randy how are they ever going to win the big game? Help us lord we want to see the Vikings laundry hoist the Lombardi trophy soon!!!

[@Cam_Natsarim]

Retire his number already

[@thomasspencer1712]

Boss Moss.....G.O.A.T

[@user-wj9bz8xi9u]

Retire #84, greatest sports player I've ever watched.

[@blakkat4126]

He was like a man playing among boys. I really think "I" could've thrown him TD passes. All I had to do is throw it as far and high as I could and he'd find his way to it.

[@RAID3R63]

I would have paid to watch Randy moss just practice

[@wehireblackmen5919]

YEah I bet the practice videos would be worth millions

[@adamproctor9773]

I watched him practice and play every day and every game from jr. high through high school. I knew he would be a NFL hall of famer when he was 13.

[@user-wj9bz8xi9u]

@@adamproctor9773 That’s awesome!

[@griffinholmes8523]

1:40, that pass is ridiculous

[@cwilliams7908]

QB - Randall Cunningham, RB - Robert Smith, WR - Chris Carter, WR Randy Moss, WR - Jake Reed..................this lineup is almost unfair lol

[@midwest646]

Robert Smith talking like he was all that “..it’s not going to be fair...you already had me...@. Lol

[@sodear2meee]

He was ..he was as talented as Moss . He had a 1500 yd rushing season

[@threezysworld8089]

He's absolutely right you dolt. At the time Smith was a Pro Bowl caliber RB, Carter was one of the top NFL WR's and HOF bound, then they drafted Moss. So which teams had two top 10 WR's all-time, plus a Pro Bowl RB dummy? Nothing Smith said was wrong. Closest thing was 'Greatest Show on Turf' Rams. Although they had Marshall Faulk at RB, but Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce are a far cry from Carter and Moss. Also had Jerry Rice team up with Tim Brown at Oakland but both were already on their last legs.

[@davebarnes6672]

Love my Vikes!

[@chrisrobinson8339]

Boss moss the🐐

[@quietcorner293]

I just wish we would have never traded him. On top of that, look what we took with that draft pick. Troy Williamson, how did that work out anyways?lol

[@valentinorossi7771]

Moss is the most exciting to watch, fastest receiver of all time.. so far. He ran past defenders like a cheetah catching its prey.

[@sydboski]

He may have been the most exciting, but he was NEVER the fastest receiver of all time. He is not even in the top 15 fastest receivers of all time.

[@valentinorossi7771]

Hall of fame panel inducted him into canton OH HOF. They can't be wrong and they don;t lie. You did.

[@sydboski]

Valentino Rossi Lol I lied? That's funny. You are a Lemming. You just follow everything they say. Did you know that being voted into the HOF has nothing to do with how fast you are? Did you know that these voters are regular people who write about football and are just giving thier opinion? Do you know speed is not an opinion? It is measurable and provable. I'll bet you are a Moss fanboy. Well sorry to bust your fanboy bubble, but it's no lie. Moss was NEVER the fastest player in NFL history, and not even in the top 15. Of course you won't take my word on this, so I will prove it to you. 1. Moss did not have world class speed. In order to be world class, you not only need the natural talent (which Moss had), but you also need years and years of sprint training. Moss never got that. It is physically impossible to get to world class without both. 2. Moss had a six yard lead and was run down from behind by Terance Newman a true 10.20 world class sprinter. Just KZbin " Terance Newman outruns Randy Moss" 3. There have been roughly 24-28 men who were actual world class sprinters that have played in the NFL. ALL of them were faster than Moss. Moss' best 100m dash was 10.96. Ok it was early in life. So we can give him credit for getting faster naturally. But without the benefit of sprint training, he could not run faster than say 10.5 maybe. And that's being generous. 10.5 would rank him in the mid to upper 30's in NFL history. 4. If you want to try to use the 40 yard dash as a mesuring stick. I'll tell you that the 40 doesn't measure how fast you are. It only measures quickness and partial acceleration. Because the really fast runners don't reach top speed till about 60 meters out. They are still accelerating at the 40 yard mark. So how can the 40 determine how fast you run if you are not running your fastest? It can't. But if you insist, Moss' hand timed 4.25 ranks him out of the top 10 also. You can Google "gridiron studs fastest 40". So now who's the liar? Lol.

[@valentinorossi7771]

HOF, head coach statement carry much more weight and credential than a football fan's comment like yours. Too long a narrativ or comment, who wants to read tat. Very very few.

[@sydboski]

Valentino Rossi You obviously don't know the difference between opinions and facts. Facts carry more weight than opinions no matter who states them. Fanboy ignorance and laziness is high in you.

[@TDiggz]

98 vikings.. the greatest team to never win a superbowl

[@nolaanderson8770]

2:15 Korey Stringer, RIP 💖 Korey died at age 27 during Vikings training camp in Mankato, MN. When they brought Korey to the hospital, Randy arranged a private jet to fly Korey's wife to Mankato

[@markdrescher2632]

Just MOSSOME SKOL !!

[@cmann517]

😳 Dude just lifted Moss in the air 3:04

[@nathanielweathers822]

Randy vs terrelle 84 vs 81.... Two of the fucking best... i will still pick moss but damn its too close to call

[@jonathanfisher9745]

If Robert and John praise you, you've won

[@carsonyoung9965]

How many HOF players were on those Vikings teams? At least 3

[@TheBzoldos32]

Basketball on the football field

[@rickteasley2237]

He would set you up by slowing down then speedup and not seem to know where the ball is and then right at the last moment come down with it....never before ...never again

[@JohnDavis-br2dl]

Crazy that he doesn’t have a ring smh

[@nolaanderson8770]

Seeing Korey Stringer in the footage... 😥😥😥😥😥

[@natedawg79]

Dude why dose every body forget Robert Smith just search up some highlights

[@quietcorner293]

So did Moss drop to our laps due to a little weed? If that's the case, I wish for more highly talented young men to hit the bong.

[@gangweedpilled4977]

Josh Gordon has entered the chat

[@Fazman81]

Man Jerry Jones must feel dumb about picking Greg Ellis at #8 in tha 1998 draft over Randy Moss. I was hyped about Moss then we took Ellis and I was like, DAMN! Moss made us pay everytime we played him too. SMH

[@robinsimpson7301]

Had he went to the cowboys or San Francisco who knows about him and rice just the hand he was delt and he took it as far as he could

[@govikes4157]

Freakin crazy - didn't win a Super Bowl with Carter, Smith, Reed, and Moss ... the life of Vikings fan! UGH!

[@steevee4658]

you just got "Mossed"

[@bigmerc57]

98 team is by far the best team to not win a Super Bowl

[@DanielSong39]

There are a few other contenders but yeah it was a great team That Broncos team was great too though, for most of the season they were thought to be the best team in football

[@thetruth981]

Disgusting shame they didn't win it all in 98'

[@santonucci]

Skol!

[@judahisrisingyahschosen9481]

"if he stayed healthy he would be in the hall of fame" yea ok

[@BergXX23]

And yet the 98 season ended in a choke. 15 and 1 for nothing

[@kiflomloops4927]

Rice>Moss The End

[@HK-qj4im]

Under acheiver..kinda like the Vikings. He is lucky he had CC to mentor him. Now that he is grown up, bet he wishes he had not been such a butthead.

[@s.tavares3257]

I remember that play against the Cowboys when the defensive backs had the angle on him, and he still outran them for the touchdown.. that and Bo Jackson’s touchdown run against the Seahawks on MNF was the fastest I’ve seen a player run in a football game.