Randy Retires
Yesterday one of the all time great wide receivers in the history of the NFL announced his retirement yesterday. Randy Moss who has played 13 total NFL season decided to call it quits yesterday during the middle of free agency negotiations with various teams. Randy is who most known for his tremendous season early in his career as a Viking and as recent as 2007 as a member of the New England Patriots. The announcement of his retirement is highly criticized by many saying that it may not be completely the end for Randy and maybe a way for him to receive a bigger contract. If this truly is the end for Randy Moss then the numbers he has posted throughout his career should have him as a sure lock hall of fame inductee. It will be interesting to see what happens in 5 years when the hall of fame board votes on who will be inducted, while the numbers say Randy should be in 1st ballot without a question, the board also looks at attitude, presence around the league and how likable the person was around the locker room and with coaches. With that being said it was no secret that Randy was sometimes very out spoken and was very bent on doing things his way and having a problem with authority as he did not let anyone dictate to him they was he was going to play his game. In 2007 when Moss signed with the Patriots all of the past news about him not being a team player and being detrimental to a football team seemed to be put to bed as he set a record single season touchdown record by catching 23 touchdown passes from Tom Brady. His career seemed to be resurrected but a loss in the Super Bowl to the underdog New York Giants the glory began to fade from his days in New England and he was sent back to the Vikings for a short stint and was then released by head coach Brad Childress and finished out the season and his career after a few games for the Titans. Even though he did not finish his career in a hall of fame fashion the work that he compiled throughout his career was able to catch the eye of footballs fans everywhere and his legacy will continue to be remembered as his named is written in stone in the NFL history books.
"Sports and Entertainment" by Jay Miner 