Hey all, I apologize for the dated Brokeback Mountain reference, but I couldn't resist.
So our old friend – Randy Moss – reportedly wants to play football in 2012 at the age of 35. I can't imagine it going much different for Moss than how 2011 went for Terrell Owens.
But this time last year, I was ready to write a post where I was going to argue that the Vikings should consider bringing back Moss one last time to aid a pedestrian wide receiving corps.
My thinking was that with Percy Harvin already in tow, and by resigning Sidney Rice (which didn't happen), Moss could serve as a deadly deep threat and #3 wide receiver and vault the Vikings passing game back into the 21st century. (This is one example that illustrates why I don't run a professional football team.)
Not much has changed in the past 12 months for Minnesota. Harvin is still here. Rice isn't and the Vikings still need a deep threat and #3 wide receiver – as well as a #1(a) to Harvin's #1(b). But Moss's kookey personality, his age and declining skills wouldn't fit in very well for a rebuilding team that needs to get younger.
However, I just can't help but wish Ole' 84 would play one last season in purple. I have always had a man-crush on Moss, I guess. And the way he went out in 2010 hardly seemed like a fitting end for one of the game's greatest deep threats and talents.
As long as he doesn't end up back in the NFC North, I'd like Moss to get one more shot, come into camp motivated, in great shape and put together one last solid season before calling it a career. But as ESPN's Kevin Seifert points out, the odds are stacked very high against him.
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Who knows maybe Randy does have something left in the tank. After a year off, he maybe did some soul searching and is a changed man. Lord knows the Vikes would have nothing to lose (if the price was right)giving "The Freak" another shot at redemption. If nothing else, lets hope Moss goes into the Hall as a Viking!
Anon:
Ahh, they'd never risk the hit they would take in the PR department by signing him. They'd be the laughingstock of the league – even if it made sense from a financial and personnel standpoint.
I wonder about #84's Hall of Fame chances. He was never a favorite of the press and they are the ones with the votes. It will be interesting when the day comes.
The Vikings won't bring back Moss, especially with two young quarterbacks. I could really see Moss going to Chicago to reunite with Mike Tice. Have Cutler flinging the deep ball.
As for the Vikings needing a #3 receiver, what's wrong with Michael Jenkins? Big target, good speed, great hands, and an excellent and willing blocker, who knows the system. If the Vikings do find a true # one receiver to stretch the field, Jenkins will be just fine.
Anon 11:02 PM:
Oh, I know he's not coming back. But my man crush won't die. I crave one last triumphant or semi-triumphant year for Moss wearing Viking colors before he retires.
And I am giving Jenkins a bit of the short shrift. With Harvin and a legit deep threat, along with an improving Kyle Rudolph, Jenkins would be fine as a #3 possession guy. I just don't want to see him as the #2 come the start of next season.
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