Randy Moss Rumors & News

I want to start this off by saying this is a compilation of some ideas that have been brewing in the back of my mind for quite some time. I've made mention of some of the concepts in my comments for most of the off-season, so forgive me if I'm repeating something. When looking at our receiver needs, many people kept talking about the need for a deep threat. Their explanations quickly ran into that blazing fast, monstrous large freak of nature that brought back fond memories of Randy Moss of 2007. While that is great and all, those players don't grow on trees. Although, they might s...

Outside receiver. That's what the need. A big outside receiver to spread the field. Elite speed would definitely be a plus, but they need an outside receiver. That's been the story of the Patriots offense every season since they lost Randy Moss to "Randy being Randy." In 2010, the Patriots decided to transition into a tight end focused offense, partially due to market inefficiencies and under-appreciation of the tight end role, but also because of need. Moss had declined and there was no one there to pick up where he had left off. The Patriots made the move to acquire Deion Branch, who...

Many of you know my story by now. I started my Vikings fandom/ love/ unhealthily all-consuming obsession in 1998 as a bandwagon jumper, after watching in amazement as Randy Moss from Marshall plunged through the draft to that team from Minnesota. Intrigued by what this exciting college receiver would do in the NFL, I watched and was naturally enraptured by how that whole season unfolded- right up until the NFCCG, which I would later learn to expect. Mind you, I have earned my purple-and-gold blood since, because as bandwagoner as my beginnings were, I'm still here. And if you've follo...

It's not exactly fair to compare newly drafted wide receiver Aaron Dobson to Troy Brown -- one of the greatest receivers in Patriots history -- or Randy Moss -- one of the greatest receivers of all time, but there is something that relates them: All three are former Marshall Thundering Herd wide receivers. Now, Aaron Dobson will get the same opportunity that both Brown and Moss had, to play with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, Tom Brady. When asked about the chance to catch passes from Brady, the soft-spoken receiver got pretty giddy about the opportunity. "Oh, man, that ...

Cordarrelle Patterson kept waiting for George Stewart to fulfill his pre-draft promise until he could not hold it anymore and went for a bathroom break as the first round of the NFL draft wound down Thursday night, April 25.

The Raiders receiving game has struggled for a while. Not since Randy Moss in 2005 have they fielded a 1000 yard receiver. Darrius Heyward-Bey came close in 2011 and that was the only season the past five years the Raiders' leading receiver wasn't a tight end. At wide receiver, the team has added a good looking rookie each season but has yet to find that sure thing. It was Rod Streater last season, Denarius Moore in 2011, and Jacoby Ford in 2010. The last time they went big in free agency for a receiver was 2008 when Javon Walker was paid big money and flopped. At tight end, it's going...

No, the situation isn't exactly the same and the personalties involved are entirely different. But the 49ers acquisition of Nnamdi Asomugha this weeks feels a lot like their signing of Randy Moss a year ago. Nnamdi Asomugha

A mercurial wide receiver wears out his welcome, but not before his team makes a playoff appearance against Green Bay. After the season, which ends in an early playoff exit, the superstar receiver finally pulls out the straw that breaks the camel's back, and he's traded to the West Coast for a first round pick, giving the team two first round picks and a golden opportunity to upgrade the roster. No, I'm not talking about Percy Harvin. The year was 2005, and the receiver was Randy Moss. Moss wore out his welcome with the Vikings (maybe specifically Red McCombs), and the Vikings were ...