JerkishBehavior Hall Of Fame Inductee: Randy Moss
JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame Inductee: Randy Moss
The newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is one of the greatest and most feared wide receivers in NFL history in Randy Moss. I remember when Randy Moss was terrorizing defenses when he was at Marshall University and I was amazed at how easy he made it look. Randy Moss’s college numbers were just mind-boggling like 78 catches for 1,708 yards with 29 touchdowns (as a FRESHMEN and are all Division 1-AA records) and Division 1-AA National Championship. For a sophomore season encore as Marshall moved up to Division 1-A, how about 96 catches for 1,820 yards with 26 touchdowns while becoming a 1st team All American and finishing 4th in the Heisman trophy voting which is just BANANAS considering he played for Marshall. The following year in 1998, Randy Moss of course left for the NFL and my hometown Chicago Bears in dire need of a wide receiver had the 5th pick in the draft. I just knew we was going to draft him but unfortunately along with 20 other teams we decided to pass up on one of the greatest wide receiver talents in the draft (As we speak, The Bears are still looking for a star receiver til this day.). This snubbing just fueled the fire of Randy Moss and he went onto have the one of the greatest rookie seasons ever by a wide receiver. Randy Moss scored an NFL rookie record 17 touchdowns on 1,313 yards receiving and he made the two biggest snubs in the Dallas Cowboys (3 catches for 163 yards with 3 TD’s) and Chicago Bears (8 catches for 106 yards with 3 TD’s) pay dearly and regret their mistake. Randy Moss also led the Minnesota Vikings to a 15-1 record and was one game from the Super Bowl but Gary Anderson who made every single field goal that year but missed thee most important one that would’ve sent Moss and the Vikings to the championship game (The 2nd biggest heartbreak I’ve experienced as a football fan).
Randy Moss continued to improve on his rookie year performance and dominate the league with breath-taking catches, one handed grabs, leaping ability, ridiculous speed and acrobatic touchdown catches. Randy Moss is one of the few wide receivers ever where defenses dedicated an active double even triple team to defend against him as a deep touchdown threat. Moss still found a way to beat them and I remember one time where there was three guys protecting the end zone and he was at least 20 yards away from them and he somehow outran all three of them and caught a touchdown, unfathomable. Randy Moss is a threat just by being on the field which allows the opposite side receiver to get solo coverage and have monster games and season as well so defenses had to pick their poison. Randy Moss has caught flak from critics for some of his off-field comments like when he said “I play when I want and take some plays off” but I’m pretty sure defenses appreciate Moss for not going hard at embarrassing db’s all the time because if he did you could expect some video game numbers. In 2005, Randy got exiled to the Oakland Raiders and most observers say he fell off but he still put up a 1,000-yard and double-digit touchdown season while being injured. In 2007, Randy Moss got traded to the New England Patriots and the critics were out again and said he was washed up and no longer a premier wide receiver in the league (tisk tisk when will critics ever learn, never challenge greatness). Randy Moss proceeded to have another record-breaking season by breaking Jerry Rice’s record for most touchdowns in a season by catching 23 TD’s along with 1,493 yards receiving. You’re beyond great when you break a record once held by thee greatest wide receiver ever in Jerry Rice. Randy Moss also led to the Patriots to an unprecedented undefeated regular season and to the Super Bowl. Randy Moss was all set to win his first Super Bowl ring and MVP award after scoring the supposed game-winning touchdown then Eli Manning and David Tyree foolishness happened and ruined a perfect season (The biggest heartbreak as a football fan). Randy Moss has had a 1,000-yard receiving season every year that he played a full season. Its no coincidence that Moss has been a member of two of the record-breaking highest scoring teams in NFL History (1st year with Vikings & Patriots). Randy Moss has left a huge mark on the game where all kids playing football in the streets all want to catch the deep ball and “Moss” (a leaping acrobatic catch over the defender) somebody in the end zone. Randy Moss is one of the greatest wide receivers ever and without question my favorite football player. So without farther ado, the newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is Randy Moss.
5 JerkishBehavior Moments
1.Randy Moss owns the NFL record for most receiving touchdowns in a season for a rookie and overall (17 and 23 TD’s respectively).
2.Randy Moss is the only player to have averaged at least one receiving touchdowns per game played in four different seasons, who does that?
3.At the 2000 Pro Bowl against the game’s best, Randy Moss won the MVP award for setting a Pro Bowl receiving record with 9 catches for 212 yards, WOW, JERK!!!
4.During a playoff game versus a heavily favored Green Bay Packers, Randy Moss led his team to the upset victory with two touchdowns and for his touchdown celebration he faked moon the Packers fans (who were known for mooning road team’s players bus), Hilarious.
5.Randy Moss has an award named after him for his success in college as a kick returner, which is awarded to the nation’s top kick/punt returner in college football.
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